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borrow /ˈbɑroʊ/  

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  • verb
    -rows; -rowed; -rowing
    [+ obj] to take and use (something that belongs to someone else) for a period of time before returning it
    Can I borrow your camera? [=will you lend me your camera]
    The twins often borrow each other's clothes.
    I'm borrowing a friend's car for the weekend.
    He borrowed the book from the library.
    to take and use up (something) with the promise to give back something of equal value
    Will you see if we can borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbors?
    She borrowed $20 from me.
    When people borrow money from a bank they pay back the same amount over a number of months or years plus an added amount that is called interest.
    He borrowed money from the bank to buy the car.
    to use (an idea, saying, etc.) that was thought up by someone else [+ obj]
    The speech was peppered with phrases borrowed from Winston Churchill.
    She borrowed the technique from local artisans.
    The company is borrowing a page from [=using a technique or idea first used by] its largest competitor. [no obj]
    He borrows heavily [=includes many ideas] from other philosophers in the book.
    [+ obj] :to use (a word or phrase from another language) in a language
    The English word entrepreneur was borrowed from (the) French.
    [+ obj] in subtracting from a number with two or more digits :to take 1 from a digit and add it as 10 to the digit in the next lower place
    beg, borrow, or/and steal
    xem beg
    be living on borrowed time
    to continue to be alive after you were expected to die
    After his heart attack, my grandfather always felt that he was living on borrowed time.

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