pay back
• repay a loan to someone.
• "a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back"
Similar:
repay,
pay off,
give back,
return,
remunerate,
compensate,
make restitution/amends to,
reimburse,
recoup,
refund,
restore,
make good,
indemnify,
requite,
• take revenge on someone.
• "when someone does you wrong, the first instinct is to pay them back for hurting you"
Similar:
get one's revenge on,
be revenged on,
revenge oneself on,
reciprocate,
punish,
avenge oneself on,
hit back at,
get back at,
get,
get even with,
settle a/the score with,
settle accounts with,
pay someone out,
retaliate against,
take reprisals against,
exact retribution on,
let someone see how it feels,
payback
noun
• profit from an investment equal to the initial outlay.
• "a long time lag between investment and payback"
• an act of revenge or retaliation.
• "the drive-by shootings are mainly paybacks"
