Thesaurus / pay off
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Now, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY“We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENSCondillac after the marquis's death had refused to pay tithes to Mother Church and has flouted and insulted the Bishop.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIOf course, newly acquired Ferns will pay for extra attention in the way of watering until they have secured a proper roothold.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINIn these enlightened days no man is imprisoned for owing money, but only because he does not pay it when told to do so.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLBut she was young enough and pretty enough to pay little heed to pose or background.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThen, you know, she had no right to play in the Rooms again; she was supposed to pay her hotel bill, and leave Monte Carlo.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONHe would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDOne day she had heard a man say, "If there is a drought we shall have the devil to pay with our stock before winter is over."
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONWORDS RELATED TO PAY OFF
- avenge
- be out for blood
- defend
- even the score
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- get
- get back at
- get even
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- hit back
- justify
- kick back
- make reprisal
- match
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay off
- punish
- reciprocate
- redress
- repay
- requite
- retort
- return
- return the compliment
- score
- settle up
- settle with
- square
- stick it to
- take an eye for an eye
- turn the tables on
- venge
- vindicate
- accomplishes
- appeases
- assuages
- assures
- avails
- comes up to
- completes
- complies with
- conforms to
- convinces
- dispels doubt
- does
- equips
- fills
- fulfills
- furnishes
- gets by
- induces
- inveigles
- is adequate
- is enough
- is sufficient
- keeps promise
- makes good
- makes the grade
- meets
- observes
- passes muster
- performs
- provides
- puts mind at ease
- qualifies
- quiets
- reassures
- scores
- sells
- serves
- serves the purpose
- suffices
- tides over
- wins over
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