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Borrow I Borrowed Time Pay Verb ˈbɒrəʊ ˈbɔːrəʊ

Word3 borrow
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /ˈbɒrəʊ/ /ˈbɔːrəʊ/
Example
  • can i borrow your umbrella?
  • members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
  • i borrowed the tools i needed off my brother.
  • how much did you have to borrow to pay for this?
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borrow

(verb)/ˈbɒrəʊ/ /ˈbɔːrəʊ/

    Verb Forms

  1. to take and use something that belongs to somebody else, and return it to them at a later time
    • COMPARE lend
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lend
    • Can I borrow your umbrella?
    • Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
    • I borrowed the tools I needed off my brother.

    Extra Examples

    • I'll borrow some coffee off the neighbours.
    • I'm borrowing the office laptop for the weekend.
    • You can borrow the book from the local library.
  2. to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time
    • COMPARE lend
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lend
    • How much did you have to borrow to pay for this?
    • The goal is to borrow funds at a low interest rate.
    • She borrowed £2 000 from her parents.
    • I don't like to borrow from friends.
    • The company had borrowed heavily from state-owned banks.
    • I had to borrow the money off a friend.

    Extra Examples

    • She borrowed £50 from her mother.
    • I borrowed £50 off my mum.
  3. to take words, ideas, etc. from another language, person, etc. and use them as your own
    • The author borrows heavily from Henry James.
    • His designs borrow freely from the architecture of ancient Egypt.
    • Some musical terms are borrowed from Italian.
    • The villain was—to borrow a phrase from Alex—‘all bark and no bite’.
  4. to still be alive after the time when you were expected to die
    • He’s been living on borrowed time ever since his last heart attack.
  5. to be doing something that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing
    • According to the latest opinion polls, the government is living on borrowed time.

    Word Origin

    • Old English borgian ‘borrow against security’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German borgen.
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