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borrow
/ˈbɒrəʊ/ verbDefinition
USE [T] › to use something that belongs to someone else and give it back later: Can I borrow a pen please? I borrowed the book from my sister.
MONEY [I, T] › to take money from a bank or financial organization and pay it back over a period of time
IDEA [T] › to take and use a word or idea: The English word 'rucksack' is borrowed from German.
(Definition of borrow verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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