pay back

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verb

1. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
• Syn:
reward, repay
• Derivationally related forms:
reward (for: reward)
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
2. take vengeance on or get even
- We'll get them!
- That'll fix him good!
- This time I got him
• Syn:
pay off, get, fix
• Derivationally related forms:
payback
• Hypernyms:
get even, get back
• Verb Group:
pay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP