to pay someone
11pay someone back — pay a debt; get revenge on someone …
12pay someone back — repay a loan to someone a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back ■ figurative take revenge on someone a terrorist group had decided to pay him back for short changing them ■ reward someone for something done earlier I took Aunt …
13pay someone off — 1 Tim paid off the driver: PAY WHAT ONE OWES, discharge. 2 paying off the police: BRIBE, suborn, buy (off); informal grease someone s palm. → pay * * * dismiss someone with a final payment …
14pay someone back — take revenge on someone. → pay …
15pay someone off — dismiss someone with a final payment. → pay …
16pay someone a compliment — to say something nice about someone or to someone …
17pay someone back with interest — to do something even worse to someone than they have done to you, in order to punish them …
18not pay someone any mind — not pay someone any attention …
19pay someone back in their own coin — retaliate by similar behaviour. → coin …
20pay someone back — Syn: get one s revenge on, get back at, get even with, settle the score …