pay sb/sth back
— phrasal verb with pay uk/peɪ/us/peɪ/verb paid, paid
B1 to pay someone the money that you owe them:
Can you lend me a fiver? I'll pay you/it back tomorrow.
More examples
- He still hasn't paid me back that money he owes me.
- If I could borrow 20 pounds I'll pay you back next week.
- She lent me some money last month and I forgot to pay her back.
- They promised to pay me back and they never did.
- I have borrowed money from people in the past but I've always paid them back.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- credit risk
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- pay
- put sth up
- reschedule
- slate
- term
- tick
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