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pay back

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pay back
Verb
1. to repay (a loan)
2. to make (someone) suffer for a wrong he or she has done you: I want to pay him back for all the suffering he's caused me
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Verb1.pay back - act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
repay, reward
act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
2.pay back - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
fix, pay off, get
get back, get even - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
pay - make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"


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After his losses, he had determined to pay back his debt to his parents in five years.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Your aunts have done everything in the world for you,--more than I've ever been able to do,--and it is your turn to pay back some o' their kindness and show your gratitude.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
Athelny to pay back part of what he owed her, but she would not take more than half a sovereign.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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