pay the ultimate price
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To die as a result of a fatal choice or decision, or because of deep commitments.
Example Sentences
- "On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw the extinction of intermediate stations in order to create the same sort of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultimate price."
- "I speak today now about my citizens- citizens of Ukraine- who are defending- by paying the ultimate price- defending freedom. I'm very happy what I've seen here now, and heard here now, I'm very glad to sense this mood- the uniting, unified mood. I'm happy that we have unified today, all of you, all the countries of the European Union but I did not know that this is the price they will have to pay."