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Meanings of
paying back
in English
Portuguese
retribuição
Spanish
contraataque
Back to the meaning
A reciprocal group action.
return
getting even
Portuguese
retribuição
Synonyms
Examples for "
return
"
return
getting even
Examples for "
return
"
1
We'll
return
early next year with a new company and new toys.
2
No difference was found according to
return
to work 1 year postsurgery.
3
I think we need an opportunity to
return
home at one point.
4
Air New Zealand is currently operating 16
return
international services a week.
5
She will
return
to work in Paris early in the new year.
1
Visiting the command tent meant, well,
getting
even
closer to Commander Ullen.
2
He was
getting
even
sicker of the impulse to respond in kind.
3
With great, huge stars, though,
getting
even
a little hotter is troublesome.
4
Just think-hesaved me from
getting
even
a scratch or a bruise.
5
Old Mr. Toad was
getting
even
with Peter for laughing at him.
Usage of
paying back
in English
1
On maturity the government redeems the bonds by
paying
back
the loan.
2
Liquidity becomes precious when many borrowers aren't
paying
back
loans on time.
3
But I'm not
paying
back
the thousand bucks, mainly because I can't.
4
I think he said something about
paying
back
the money he owed me.
5
Iran has been
paying
back
Eni for decade-old deals with oil for years.
6
Then did I set about
paying
back
those who had used me poorly.
7
The money in his pocket he might find an opportunity of
paying
back
.
8
Indeed, at the time, Jamaica was
paying
back
more than it was borrowing.
9
I'm
paying
back
the credit that time granted me, she explains.
10
This
paying
back
of the antiseptic government for its literary terrors and conflagrations.
11
They are
paying
back
their dues more than they are governing the country.
12
These girls are all
paying
back
a thousandfold those who have helped them.
13
Floyd bites his lips, and wonders if Eugene is
paying
back
a mortification.
14
Benmosche also explained the importance of
paying
back
the U.S. government, that person said.
15
Mr Bell said the compensation should extend beyond
paying
back
tenants for cleaning costs.
16
There was still the whole issue of Norman
paying
back
Howard Fish's ill-gotten money.
Other examples for "paying back"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
paying
back
paying
pay
Verb
Adverb
Translations for
paying back
Portuguese
retribuição
Spanish
contraataque
dequite
revancha
Paying back
through the time
Paying back
across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common