Antonyms for borrow
ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊbor·row

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1. borrowverb

   get temporarily

   "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

   Antonyms:
   loan, lend

   Synonyms:
   adopt, take over, take up

2. adopt, borrow, take over, take upverb

   take up and practice as one's own

   Antonyms:
   lend, loan

   Synonyms:
   usurp, take in, suck up, seize on, resume, buy up, espouse, acquire, hook on, imbibe, suck in, lift out, sweep up, take, sorb, adopt, strike, assume, relieve, take over, scoop up, repeat, scoop, buy out, embrace, fasten on, arrogate, soak up, sop up, suck, follow, seize, start, dramatise, latch on, draw, accept, take on, absorb, dramatize, take up, scoop out, bear

How to use borrow in a sentence?

1. Justin Pritchard:

   We've seen numerous personal loan providers enter the marketplace in recent years, so it's no surprise that those debts are increasing, people can borrow money online at competitive rates.

2. Evan Esar:

   Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.

3. Ashok Jangale:

   We have trained her son, who is literate, to keep a log and check the owner's log, we tell them not to borrow so much money for festivals and weddings: they should know what is trapping them. And that when they have paid off what they owe, they have a right to leave.

4. Haida Indian saying:

   We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

5. Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

   Laugh and the world laughs with you Weep, and you weep alone For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.

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