pay one's way

I can pay my way with any man, and always have done.

I always paid your way and you must not leave me now.

A couple of times, he had to pay his way across.

Can we not pay our way in the world any more?

I like to pay my way- at least some of the time.

Then we can hope to pay our way in the world.

I asked if she was going to pay her own way.

But other family members have to pay their own way.

It'll pay his way through three more years of college.

Like everyone else in the new society, they're going to have to pay their own way.