Read full poem →Capitol Square. Historical truth compels me to add that on this
occasion our school was beaten, and we had to pay up our small bets.
Poe ran well, but his competitor was a long-legged, Indian-looking
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To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.
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Poetry examples for “pay up”
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