English Explanatory Dictionary

return the favor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To do something for someone, or to someone, similar to what they did for you or to you (whether good or bad).

Word forms

return the favor returns the favor returning the favor returned the favor return the favour

Related words

give and take golden rule one must give to get payback quid pro quo reciprocity tit for tat you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

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