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RELATED WORDS : answer back back back and fill back and forth back away back brace back breaker back burner back channel back circle back country back door back down back end back entrance back exercise back fire back judge back matter back number back of beyond back off back out back pack back porch back room back saw back scratching back seat back stairs back street back talk back to back back tooth back up back way base pay beat back bounce back break one's back bring back buy back call back carry back ceding back choke back combat pay come back come back at coming back cut back date back die back double back draw back drive back drop back fall back fat back feed back fight back flanker back flash back force back from way back get back get back at give back go back go back on go back over hang back hark back hell to pay hold back keep back kick back knock back lean back look back merit pay move back move back and forth pat on the back pay pay as you earn pay attention pay cash pay cerps pay claim pay cut pay dirt pay envelope pay for pay heed pay no attention to pay off pay out pay packet pay rate pay rock pay streak pay up paying back play back pull back push back put back rate of pay rear back relation back roll back running back send back set back shrink back sick pay sink back sit back slide back slip back snap back stand back strike back strike pay take back take home pay take-home pay talk back think back throw back thrust back toss back travel back and forth trim back turn back water back watteau back win back

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb pay back has 2 senses

• pay back(v = verb.possession) repay, reward - act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions; Array
is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

• pay back(v = verb.competition) fix, get, pay off - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
is one way to get back, get even
Derived form noun payback₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

THESAURUS

pay back

alternate, atone, bandy, be quits with, change, commute, compensate, cooperate, counterchange, cover, do penance, exchange, expiate, fill up, get back at, get even with, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, indemnify, interchange, kick back, logroll, make amends, make compensation, make good, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make up for, make up to, pay, pay damages, pay in kind, pay off, permute, quit, reciprocate, recompense, recoup, rectify, redress, refund, reimburse, repay, requite, respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment, reward, set right, square, swap, switch, trade, transpose

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pay back

Retaliation

VB retaliate, retort, turn upon, pay, pay off, pay back, pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin, cap, reciprocate, turn the tables upon, return the compliment, give a quid pro quo, give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets, give and take, exchange fisticuffs, be quits, be even with, pay off old scores, serve one right, be hoist on one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar.

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