To pay one's dues, to pay dues.
"To pay one's dues means to earn a right or position through experience, suffering, or hard work."
Merriam Webster Dictionary. "This drummer has paid his dues with the best"
Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary.
In Modern Literature:
"On the average, ten years, and it's a hard ten years. It is not unusual for our partners to earn half a million a year, and most retire when they are fifty. You've got to pay your dues, put in eighty-hour weeks, but it's worth it when you make a partner."
The Firm by John Grisam."While my brothers and I were paying dues on the so-called "chitlin' circuit," opening for other acts, I carefully watched all the stars because I wanted to learn as much as I could."
Moonwalk by Michael Jackson.
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