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单词 pay someone back
释义

pay someone back

1Repay a loan to someone: a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back...
  • Oh, and next time you pay her back on a loan ask for a receipt nicely.
  • They can always pay us back when things get better.
  • Don't worry Kate, please, he said it was only a loan and we are going to pay him back.

Synonyms

repay, pay off, give back, return, remunerate, compensate, make restitution/amends to, reimburse, recoup, refund, restore, make good, indemnify, requite
1.1Take revenge on someone: he had left him out to pay him back for stealing his wife...
  • Then the universe or whatever is out there pays me back by making bad things happen to me and the people around me.
  • And somewhere down the road, she will be paying me back for all 118 guests who didn't show up.
  • I think my body is paying me back for subjecting it to a years' worth of hard shift work.

Synonyms

get one's revenge on, be revenged on, revenge oneself on, give someone their just deserts, reciprocate, punish, avenge oneself on, hit back at, get back at, get, get even with, settle a/the score with, settle accounts with, pay someone out, retaliate against, take reprisals against, exact retribution on;
let someone see how it feels, give someone a taste of their own medicine
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