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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

Pay back

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1. pay... back p.v. When you pay people back, you give them money that you borrowed from them.

Would you lend me $200? I'll pay you back next Friday when I get paid.

Mark has never been paid back for all his sister's medical bills.

2. pay... back (for) p.v. When you pay people back or pay people back for something bad they have done to you, you do something bad to them.

l'll pay that guy back for the terrible things he's done to me if it takes the rest of my life.

Jake shot Hank to pay him back for turning him in to the police.