owe
verb [T] (AS A RESULT) /əʊ/
/oʊ/ Definition
C2 to have success, happiness, a job, etc. only because of what someone has given you or done for you or because of your own efforts: I owe my success to my education. He owes his life to the staff at the hospital. I owe everything (= I am very grateful) to my parents.Relieved and thankful
(Definition of owe verb (AS A RESULT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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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
- I owe you (one) idiom
- obliged adjective (GRATEFUL)
- release noun (MAKING FREE)
- relief noun (HAPPINESS)
- relieved adjective
- thank you exclamation
- thank you noun
- thank your lucky stars idiom
- thankful adjective
- thankfully adverb
- thanks a million idiom
- thanks exclamation
- touched adjective (GRATEFUL)
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