Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “cost someone dearly/dear“ and its meaning is “to make someone suffer a lot (or) to lose something very important (particularly, as a result of a mistake)”.
Example Sentence: Time is running out to act on global heating. Electing Donald Trump the first time cost us dearly; a second term would be catastrophic (disastrous).
This phrase is present in The Guardian article This election isn’t about the next four years. It’s about the next four millennia and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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