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  • 71pay someone back — pay (someone/something) back to return money that you have borrowed. I ll pay you back as soon as I get my next paycheck. I ll pay the money back on Friday. It will take years for him to pay back his student loans …

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  • 72pay something back — pay (someone/something) back to return money that you have borrowed. I ll pay you back as soon as I get my next paycheck. I ll pay the money back on Friday. It will take years for him to pay back his student loans …

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  • 73pay back — pay (someone/something) back to return money that you have borrowed. I ll pay you back as soon as I get my next paycheck. I ll pay the money back on Friday. It will take years for him to pay back his student loans …

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  • 74have your ear to the ground — have/keep/your ear to the ground phrase to pay attention to what is happening, so that you know about any changes in a situation Thesaurus: to pay attentionsynonym Main entry: ear * * * keep/have your ear to the ˈground …

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  • 75pay over the odds — (for sth) UK INFORMAL ► to pay more for something than it is really worth: »Small businesses have always paid over the odds for office supplies. Main Entry: ↑pay …

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  • 76pay over the odds for sth — pay over the odds (for sth) UK INFORMAL ► to pay more for something than it is really worth: »Small businesses have always paid over the odds for office supplies. Main Entry: ↑pay …

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  • 77pay raise — pay ,raise noun count AMERICAN an increase in your salary. British pay rise: The nurses have been awarded a 3% pay raise …

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  • 78pay your dues — to work hard and have difficult experiences in order to become successful I ve paid my dues. It s time that I began reaping some benefits. • • • Main Entry: ↑due pay your dues see ↑due, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑pay …

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  • 79pay your dues — If you have paid your dues, you have had your own struggles and earned your place or position …

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  • 80have it both ways — (usu with a neg) to benefit from two actions, situations, arguments, etc, each of which excludes the possibility, validity, etc of the other • • • Main Entry: ↑way * * * have it both ways phrase to want to have the benefit from two possibilities… …

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