pay the rent
(AU, idiomatic) To provide reparations or compensation to Indigenous Australians predicated on the claim that the nation constitutes their sovereign territory.
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Stay in his head, sir! We will gladly pay the rent for you! Thanks for all you do for us! #HealthcareNotWarfare
Like if people couldn't experience pain and don't fear failure to pay the rent or feed their kids but were given huge amounts of responsibility and no consequences.
😁😁 I literally only need them till I don't. I pay and can pay the rent by myself. I take their cash and send it to my Fed loan folks as soon as I get it from them.
Ummm.... tax cuts don't put food on the table, fill the gas tank, or pay the rent.
I get that, but to destroy everything about your choice of profession, and it's not like they became a judge just to pay the rent, for someone who will be dead soon and is so despised is so insane.
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(AU, idiomatic) To provide reparations or compensation to Indigenous Australians predicated on the claim that the nation constitutes their sovereign territory.
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(idiomatic) Of a job or profession, to provide enough income for someone to afford a place to live.
“Stay in his head, sir! We will gladly pay the rent for you! Thanks for all you do for us! #HealthcareNotWarfare”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Like if people couldn't experience pain and don't fear failure to pay the rent or feed their kids but were given huge amounts of responsibility and no consequences.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“😁😁 I literally only need them till I don't. I pay and can pay the rent by myself. I take their cash and send it to my Fed loan folks as soon as I get it from them.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ummm.... tax cuts don't put food on the table, fill the gas tank, or pay the rent.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I get that, but to destroy everything about your choice of profession, and it's not like they became a judge just to pay the rent, for someone who will be dead soon and is so despised is so insane.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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