borrow
/ˈbɒrəʊ/US /ˈbɑroʊ/borrow
VERBDefinition of borrow
If you borrow something from someone, you use it and then you give it back to them.
Example: Governments need to make it easier for students to borrow money for school.
If you borrow words or ideas from somebody, you use them in your own writing or speaking.
Example: Many people want to throw the war "down the memory hole", to borrow a phrase from Orwell's 1984.
borrow
EXAMPLESExamples of borrow
Governments need to make it easier for students to borrow money for school.
Example sentenceThe company has also borrowed heavily from the Boston Federal Reserve Bank – some $1.6 billion last month alone.
Example sentenceMany people want to throw the war "down the memory hole", to borrow a phrase from Orwell's 1984.
Example sentenceThe choreographer borrowed a number from Swan Lake for his satirical ballet called Birds in Ballet.
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