To cost dear

to require or occasion a large outlay of money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.

See also: Cost

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Silly penalties - the bane of Coventry's season - threatened to cost dear as Sheffield went on a five-on-three powerplay and Mathieu Roy tipped home from Ben O'Connor.

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But, with just seconds remaining, the missing maturity in the performance came to the fore to cost dear as the ball was lost in attack when the possession kings could have easily kept hold of the game.

Below-par Swans facing tough trip to Russia after Cisse steps up to hit Euro hopes

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To come near to
To come off
To come off with flying colors
To come one's way
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To come to blows
To come to grief
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To come to the front
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To come upon
To commit a bill
To commit to memory
To commune with one's self
To compound a felony
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To con thanks
To congratulate one's self
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To contest an election
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To couch a spear
To couch malt
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To crack a bottle
To crack a crib
To crack on
To cradle a picture
To cramp the wheels of wagon
To cream butter
To credit with
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To Consider
to consider armed and dangerous
to consider someone armed and dangerous
To contest an election
to cook someone's goose
to cook up a storm
To Cool for You
to cool it
to cool one's heels
To cool the heels
to cop a mouse
to cop oneself on
to copped a mouse
to copy-cat
to copy-cat one
to copy-cat somebody
to copy-cat someone
to copycat
to copycat one
to copycat somebody
to copycat someone
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to corpse
to cost
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to cost
to cost an arm and a leg/a pretty penny
To cost dear
To couch a spear
To couch malt
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to count noses
To count out
to course through one's veins
to course through veins
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To cover into
to cover one's hide
To cover one's short contracts
to cover oneself in glory
to cover the spread
to cover the territory
to cover the waterfront
to cowboy up
To crack a bottle
To crack a crib
to crack down on
to crack down on it
to crack down on something
to crack hardy
to crack hearty
To crack on
to crack open the champagne
to crack the books
to crack the code
To cradle a picture
to cramp someone's style
To cramp the wheels of wagon
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