PAY SOMEONE BACK

Hello again and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope you are having a great day. 

Today we continue with our money theme.

Today's expression is: to pay somebody back

It means: to return borrowed money.

Example 1:
Thanks for letting me borrow the 100 euros. I will pay you back as soon as I get paid. I promise!

Although this is not a difficult phrasal verb, I've included it because it's very common in conversation; much more common than 'return', and many people don't know it. Example 2 is also acceptable:

Example 2:
Thanks for letting me borrow the 100 euros. I will return it to you as soon as I get paid. I promise!

However, Example 1 is much more common in normal (informal) conversation.

To help you to remember this expression (and get some writing practice in English), I encourage you to create your own sentence that includes the expression. You can post your sentence on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about it ASAP.

I hope the rest of your day goes very well.

All the best!