borrow
verb
to receive and use something that belongs to someone else, and promise to give it back to them later
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To borrow something
check out
to borrow a book from a library
run away with
to steal something, or to borrow something without asking
get off
to borrow or take something from someone
touch for
to get or borrow money from someone
leverage
verb
to borrow money to buy a business, hoping that the business will make enough profit to pay the interest on the money that is borrowed
on loan
if something is on loan, someone is borrowing it
make free with something
to use something that does not belong to you as though it does belong to you
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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