I owe you (one)

informal

Definition

› said to thank someone for helping you and as a way of saying that you will do something for them in the future: Thanks for the help, Bill - I owe you one.Relieved and thankful

(Definition of I owe you (one) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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I mean idiom
I might have known idiom
I must be hearing things idiom
I must say idiom
I need hardly do sth idiom
I owe you (one) idiom
I pronoun
I should be so lucky! idiom
I should think not/so (too)! idiom
I shouldn't wonder idiom
I shudder to think idiom

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Synonyms and related words:

a load/weight off your mind idiom
appreciate verb (VALUE)
appreciative adjective
beholden adjective
bless you idiom
cheers! exclamation
gratitude noun
obliged adjective (GRATEFUL)
release noun (MAKING FREE)
relief noun (HAPPINESS)
relieved adjective
ta exclamation
thank you exclamation
thank you noun
thankful adjective
thankfully adverb
thanks a million idiom
thanks exclamation
thanks noun
touched adjective (GRATEFUL)

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