borrow

/'bɔrou/
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borrow

May I borrow your lawn mower?

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To take and use something that belongs to someone else, with the intention of returning it: This is the primary meaning, involving a temporary transfer with an expectation of giving the item back.
    • To adopt or take over (an idea, word, or custom) from another source or language: This meaning involves taking something abstract, like a concept or phrase, and using it as one's own, often without an expectation of literal return.
Examples of Usage
  • Verb:
    • Can I borrow your pen for a moment? I'll give it right back.
    • She had to borrow money from the bank to buy a car.
    • Many English words are borrowed from French and Latin.
    • He borrowed the technique from classical painters.
Advanced Usage

  • "borrow trouble": To worry unnecessarily about a potential future problem.

    • Don't borrow trouble by stressing about the interview now; just prepare well.

  • Concept of "borrowed time": A period of time continuing beyond an expected deadline or crisis.

    • After the diagnosis, he felt he was living on borrowed time.
Variants and Related Words

  • Borrower (n): A person or institution that borrows something.

    • The library tracks its books and borrowers electronically.

  • Borrowing (n): 1. The action of borrowing something. 2. A word or idea taken from another language or source.

    • The company's heavy borrowing led to debt.
    • "Café" is a borrowing from French.
Synonyms
  • Take on loan: To receive something temporarily under an agreement.
  • Adopt: To take and use an idea or method.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Borrow" is not commonly used with particles to form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically conveyed alone or with prepositions like "from.")

Related Idioms

  • Live on borrowed time: To continue living or existing after a point when one might have expected to die or fail.

    • The old system is living on borrowed time; it will be replaced soon.

  • Borrow a page from someone's book: To imitate or be inspired by someone's methods or ideas.

    • We should borrow a page from their marketing strategy; it's very effective.
borrow

May I borrow your lawn mower?

Verb
  1. take up and practice as one's own
  2. get temporarily
    • May I borrow your lawn mower?

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