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Pay back

//peɪ bæk// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed. transitive

    "Douglas: Roy, give me £20. Roy: What? Douglas: Give me £20. I'll pay you back."

  2. 2
    take vengeance on or get even wordnet
  3. 3
    To avenge, to exact revenge. figuratively

    "He paid her back with interest, avenging his father's murder with nine degrees of reprisal."

  4. 4
    act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions wordnet

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