“pay someone”

The following 6 entries include the term pay someone.

not pay (someone) any mind

idiom

: to not give attention to (someone) : to ignore (someone)

pay (someone) a call

idiom

: to go somewhere to visit (someone)

pay (someone) a compliment

idiom

: to say something nice about (someone)

pay (someone) a visit

idiom

: to go somewhere to visit (someone)

pay someone no mind

idiom

: to refuse to listen to what someone is saying or to notice what someone is doing : to ignore someone

you couldn't pay someone

idiom

used to say that someone would never do something, not even if offered a lot of money to do it


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