VERB
- act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
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take vengeance on or get even
That'll fix him good!
This time I got him
We'll get them!
How To Use pay back In A Sentence
- Why, I'm sure that Saint John the Do-As-I-Say-Not-As-I-Do Populist's votes had nothing to do with the corporate interests in North Carolina that he might find necessary to court later (or pay back for an earlier campaign donation). Tonight: The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
- An accumulation of debt has caused investors to worry that Portugal will not be able to pay back the money. Times, Sunday Times
- I managed to stall him for a few days until I'd got enough money to pay back the loan.
- The defendants in the case will be well aware that those who defraud the government of a dollar can be made to pay back three dollars. Times, Sunday Times
- He indicated councillors could be personally liable to pay back any loan themselves if they ignored legal advice.
- The taxman is demanding that some pay back all the disputed tax upfront before the tribunal issues its verdict. Times, Sunday Times
- Now we have no choice but to save and pay back what we borrowed. Times, Sunday Times
- The city then could use the money to help pay back the construction costs of the new stadium.
- The result is that most workers found they were left with hardly anything to live on and were unable to pay back the debt.
- But the government also asked them to pay back the tax that had been deducted from the cheque, saying they would get it back for the 2008 tax year in April 2009. 2008 January 13 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
