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pay back

To return money you owe someone.

Meanings of «pay back»

1 · verb

to return money you owe someone

I will pay back the money I borrowed.

2 · verb

to punish or hurt someone who wronged you

She swore to pay back her brother for the joke.

Similar: get back atretaliate againstavenge

Translation

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«pay back» in 17 languages
AR العربية
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ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
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TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
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