Borrow - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɑːrəʊ|  American pronunciation of the word borrow
Brit.  |ˈbɒrəʊ|  British pronunciation of the word borrow

verb

- get temporarily
May I borrow your lawn mower?
- take up and practice as one's own (syn: adopt, take over, take up)

Extra examples

The twins often borrow each other's clothes.

I'm borrowing a friend's car for the weekend.

He borrowed the book from the library.

Will you see if we can borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbors?

She borrowed $20 from me.

The speech was peppered with phrases borrowed from Winston Churchill.

She borrowed the technique from local artisans.

You could borrow some money from your uncle without paying interest.

Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.

They are always borrowing from us.

His poetry borrows (words) from Shakespeare.

Can I borrow your pen for a minute?

You are allowed to borrow six books from the library at a time.

They borrowed heavily (=borrowed a lot of money) from the bank to start their new business.

I borrowed my ideas from Eliot's famous poem 'The Waste Land'.

Word forms

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