suffer the consequences
idiom
: to be punished for what one has done
He broke the law, so he has to suffer the consequences.
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Small delays compound, treatment changes never occur and patients suffer the consequences.
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Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
As our businesses and consumers suffer the consequences, the global economy’s role in our prosperity will become impossible to ignore.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Panamanian authorities and residents say that with the humanitarian crisis came an environmental crisis that will take years to reverse, while local communities suffer the consequences.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
The elites pull the strings while the masses suffer the consequences of their court's egregious failures.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
As our businesses and consumers suffer the consequences, the global economy’s role in our prosperity will become impossible to ignore.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Panamanian authorities and residents say that with the humanitarian crisis came an environmental crisis that will take years to reverse, while local communities suffer the consequences.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
The elites pull the strings while the masses suffer the consequences of their court's egregious failures.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Suffer the consequences.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffer%20the%20consequences. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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