WordReference English-Arabic Dictionary © 2012:
| صيغ مركبة |
| pay back vtr | literal (return borrowed money to) | يسدّد الدين |
| | I will pay you back the £5 tomorrow. |
| pay back vtr | figurative, informal (take revenge on) | ينتقم |
| | I will pay him back for what he did. |
| pay sb back for sth v | literal (return money borrowed from sb) | يدفع الدين |
| | I payed him back for the drinks he had bought us. |
| pay sb back for sth v | figurative (take revenge on sb) | ينتقم |
| | She payed him back for all those times he had cheated on her. |
