Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Pay for
Pay for verb - Have as a guest.
Both terms in one sentence
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If you break too many scenery items during battles (such as fences and benches), Sunnyside will remind Shin that they have to pay for all the damage done by the Stars, and ask him to be more careful.
- He can break his own neck to win arguments or let a woman pay for the opportunity to stab him, among other things.
Source: Immortal Life Is Cheap -
In comedy shows, this can be played for laughs, when characters spontaneously break out into epic fights over trivial things like who lost the remote, who should pay for dinner, or who threw a chair.
Source: Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
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