Synonyms for pay back
- repay
- punish
- reciprocate
- recompense
- requite
- retaliate
- square
- avenge oneself
- get even
- make up for
- pay one's dues
- settle a score
- square things
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Or a "pay back sperrit" as Licorice Stick might have called him.
To incur debts, trusting to luck to pay back, is bad policy.
"And pay back—" There she hesitated, and he finished for her.
Have you ever been able to pay back any part of the five hundred dollars, father?
You have already done more than I can ever hope to pay back.
If he catches one of my gals in the same fix, he's welcome to pay back.
When you save enough money to pay back the loan, the house is your own.
You can tell them I will pay back all the money you spent for me, just as soon as I can.
He must pay back the friends who had given him shillings and clothes.
After his losses, he had determined to pay back his debt to his parents in five years.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PAY BACK
exchange
verbtrade- alternate
- bandy
- bargain
- barter
- buy and sell
- cash in
- castle
- change
- change hands
- commute
- contact with
- convert into
- correspond
- deal in
- displace
- flip-flop
- give and take
- go over to
- hook up
- horse trade
- interchange
- invert
- link up
- market
- network
- pass to
- pay back
- rearrange
- reciprocate
- replace
- return the compliment
- reverse
- revise
- seesaw
- shift
- shuffle
- shuttle
- substitute
- swap
- swap horses
- switch
- traffic
- transact
- transfer
- transpose
- truck
- turn the tables
exchanging
verbtrade- alternate
- bandy
- bargain
- barter
- buy and sell
- cash in
- castle
- change
- change hands
- commute
- contact with
- convert into
- correspond
- deal in
- displace
- flip-flop
- give and take
- go over to
- hook up
- horse trade
- interchange
- invert
- link up
- market
- network
- pass to
- pay back
- rearrange
- reciprocate
- replace
- return the compliment
- reverse
- revise
- seesaw
- shift
- shuffle
- shuttle
- substitute
- swap
- swap horses
- switch
- traffic
- transact
- transfer
- transpose
- truck
- turn the tables
fix
verbwreak vengeance on- cook someone's goose
- get
- get even
- get revenge
- hurt
- pay back
- punish
- take retribution
gets back at
verbsettle a scoregotten back at
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