English noun: paying back | |||
| 1. | paying back (act) a reciprocal group action | ||
| Samples | In return we gave them as good as we got. | ||
| Synonyms | getting even, return | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | payment, reciprocation, requital, retaliation, revenge, tit for tat | ||