I'll pay you back as soon as I get my next paycheck.
I'll pay the money back on Friday.
It will take years for him to pay back his student loans.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pay something back — REPAY, pay off, give back, return, reimburse, refund. → pay * * * repay a loan to someone the money should be paid back with interest | [with two objs.] they did pay me back the money * * * ˌpay sb ˈback (sth) | ˌpay sthˈback (to sb) derived to… … Useful english dictionary
pay something back to somebody — ˌpay sb ˈback (sth) | ˌpay sthˈback (to sb) derived to return money that you borrowed from sb Syn: ↑repay • I ll pay you back next week. • You can pay back the loan over a per … Useful english dictionary
pay something back — Syn: repay, pay off, give back, return, reimburse, refund … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
pay someone back — pay (someone/something) back to return money that you have borrowed. I ll pay you back as soon as I get my next paycheck. I ll pay the money back on Friday. It will take years for him to pay back his student loans … New idioms dictionary
pay someone back — repay a loan to someone a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back ■ figurative take revenge on someone a terrorist group had decided to pay him back for short changing them ■ reward someone for something done earlier I took Aunt … Useful english dictionary
ˌpay sb ˈback — phrasal verb 1) to give someone the same amount of money that you borrowed from them 2) to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you She was determined to pay them back for the trouble they had caused.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pay somebody back something — ˌpay sb ˈback (sth) | ˌpay sthˈback (to sb) derived to return money that you borrowed from sb Syn: ↑repay • I ll pay you back next week. • You can pay back the loan over a per … Useful english dictionary
pay somebody back for something — ˌpay sb ˈback (for sth) derived to punish sb for making you or sb else suffer • I ll pay him back for making me look like a fool in front of everyone. related noun ↑payback Main entry: ↑payderived … Useful english dictionary
pay someone back with interest — phrase to do something even worse to someone than they have done to you, in order to punish them Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat yousynonym Main entry: interest … Useful english dictionary
pay someone back with interest — to do something even worse to someone than they have done to you, in order to punish them … English dictionary
