borrow

verb

US /ˈbɔroʊ/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	borrow
he/she/it	borrows
present participle	borrowing
past tense	borrowed
past participle	borrowed

1
transitive to receive and use something that belongs to someone else, and promise to give it back to them later
Can I borrow your calculator?
borrow something from someone/something:
I borrowed a camera from Alex.
Synonyms and related words
To borrow something
borrow
pawn
leverage
Synonyms and related words
To use something, or to be used
repurpose
use
bring in
1. 1a
  intransitive/transitive to borrow money, especially from a bank, and agree to pay it back at a particular time. Money that you borrow is called a loan
  We borrowed $20,000 to start up the business.
  borrow heavily:
  He’d borrowed heavily to pay for the car.
  Synonyms and related words
  To borrow something
  borrow
  pawn
  leverage
  Synonyms and related words
  To use a bank account
  bank
  bank in
  borrow
2. 1b
  transitive to borrow books from a library and agree to take them back at a particular time
  Synonyms and related words
  To borrow something
  borrow
  pawn
  leverage
2
intransitive/transitive to use an idea, method, phrase, etc. that was first used by another person or in another place or situation
borrow something from someone/something:
His speech was, to borrow a phrase from Shakespeare, “full of sound and fury.”
English is full of words that have been borrowed from other languages.
borrow freely/heavily:
His designs borrow freely from ancient Egyptian art.
Synonyms and related words
To borrow something
borrow
pawn
leverage
Synonyms and related words
To use something, or to be used
repurpose
use
bring in

phrases

borrow trouble

(living) on borrowed time

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