transitive. To take (a thing) on credit, on the understanding of returning it, or giving an equivalent; hence, to obtain or take the temporary use…

slang. intransitive. To borrow money. Obsolete.

In figurative phr.. to break shins (slang): to borrow money.

figurative. To procure money or the necessary means for some end. Now rare.

U.S. To borrow money.

intransitive. To borrow or cadge things from others, esp. habitually. Frequently in to bot on: to impose on or take advantage of, esp. financially.