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📖 Определения и значения для слова borrow

📒 to take and use something that belongs to somebody else, and return it to them at a later time

  • borrow something Can I borrow your umbrella?
  • borrow something from somebody/something Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
  • borrow something off somebody (British English, informal) I borrowed the tools I needed off my brother.

📒 to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time

  • borrow something How much did you have to borrow to pay for this?
  • The goal is to borrow funds at a low interest rate.
  • borrow something from somebody/something She borrowed £2 000 from her parents.

📒 to take words, ideas, etc. from another language, person, etc. and use them as your own

  • borrow (from somebody/something) The author borrows heavily from Henry James.
  • His designs borrow freely from the architecture of ancient Egypt.
  • borrow something (from somebody/something) Some musical terms are borrowed from Italian.

📒 to still be alive after the time when you were expected to die

  • He’s been living on borrowed time ever since his last heart attack.

📒 to be doing something that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing

  • According to the latest opinion polls, the government is living on borrowed time.
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