borrow

borrow
I
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To receive temporarily]
Syn. accept the loan of, obtain the use of, negotiate a loan for, get a loan, go into debt, get temporary use of, use, pledge, rent, hire, acquire, obtain, give a note for, raise money, touch up for*, sponge*, sponge on, sponge off*, hit up for*, bum*, beg*, cadge*, chisel*, mooch*, scrounge*, borrow from Peter to pay Paul*.
Ant. lend*, loan, give back.
2. [To adopt]
Syn. appropriate, assume, make one's own, plagiarize; see adopt 2 .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. take temporarily use, take a loan, obtain, scrounge, *mooch, *hit up, *bum, *sponge.
2. adopt for one's own use appropriate, imitate, steal, plagiarize, copy, pirate, use.
ANT.: 1. lend, give, return. 2. originate, invent

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