Synonyms and antonyms of To borrow something in British Thesaurus

borrow (verb)

to receive and use something that belongs to someone else, and promise to give it back to them later

pawn (verb)

to give something valuable to a pawnbroker, so that you can borrow some money

check out (American)

American to borrow a book from a library

run away with ()

to steal something, or to borrow something without asking

get off ()

to borrow or take something from someone

take (verb)

to steal something, or borrow it without the owner’s permission

touch for ()

to get or borrow money from someone

leverage (verb)

to borrow money to buy a business, hoping that the business will make enough profit to pay the interest on the money that is borrowed

on loan ()

if something is on loan, someone is borrowing it

make free with something ()

to use something that does not belong to you as though it does belong to you

borrow (verb)

to borrow money, especially from a bank, and agree to pay it back at a particular time. Money that you borrow is called a loan

borrow (verb)

to borrow books from a library and agree to take them back at a particular time

borrow (verb)

to use an idea, method, phrase etc that was first used by another person or in another place or situation

co-opt (verb)

mainly American to take someone’s idea or plan and use it as if it were your own

sting (verb)

Britishinformal to borrow money from someone when they do not really want to give it to you