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pay back (2)
Meaning: If you pay someone back for doing something bad to you, you do something bad to them in return.
Synonym: get back atFor example:
- pay sb back Jim was angry after I fired him and he said he'd pay me back one day.
- pay sb back for sth The kid who shot fifteen students in his high school said he was paying them back for all their insults and put-downs.
Quick Quiz:
Ian said he was going to pay Harry back for telling the police that he was
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