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verb(bor-row)to receive with the implied or expressed intention of returning the same or an equivalent
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verb(bor-row)to borrow (money) with the intention of returning the same plus interest
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verb(bor-row)to appropriate for one's own use
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noun(bor-row)an uncertain and usually uncontrolled postponement of something inevitable —used with living on
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idiom(bor-row)to continue to be alive after one expected to die
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idiom(bor-row)to continue to live past the time one was expected to die and be likely to die soon