Synonyms for Paying the piper:

• v.

  • bite the bullet
  • be forced
  ,
  • bow to fate
  ,
  • cross the Rubicon
  ,
  • face the music
  ,
  • have no choice
  ,
  • know no alternative
  ,
  • leap into the breach
  ,
  • pay the piper
  ,
  • seize the opportunity
  ,
  • stand up and take it
  ,
  • suck it up
  ,
  • swallow the pill
  ,
  • take it
  ,
  • take one's medicine
  ,
  • take the rap
  .
  • face the music
  • be punished
  ,
  • bite the bullet
  ,
  • come to grips with
  ,
  • face the facts
  ,
  • face up to
  ,
  • face up to it
  ,
  • grin and bear it
  ,
  • look square in the eye
  ,
  • make one's bed and lie on it
  ,
  • take one's lumps
  ,
  • take the consequences
  .

What are the hypernyms for Paying the piper?

• Other hypernyms:

  consequences, outcomes, results, repercussions.