| VERB | possession | pay back, reward, repay | act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions |
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| competition | pay back, pay off, get, fix | take vengeance on or get even |
| Meaning | Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Synonyms | reward, repay | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Catalan | premiar | |
| Spanish | premiar | |
| Meaning | Take vengeance on or get even. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | pay off, get, fix | |
| Broader | get even, get back | Take revenge or even out a score |
| See also | pay | do or give something to somebody in return |
| Similar to | pay | make a compensation for |
| Spanish | pagar | |
| Nouns | payback | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life |