- pay one's respects (to someone)
- (to visit (a person) as a sign of respect to him.) gjøre ære på (med et besøk)
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.
pay one's respects (to someone)
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pay one's respects — I make a polite visit to someone we went to pay our respects to the head lama II pay one s last respects see pay I … Useful english dictionary
pay one's respects — make a polite visit to someone. → pay … English new terms dictionary
pay one's respect to — {v. phr.} To discharge one s social obligations by visiting someone or by calling them on the phone. * /The newly arrived people paid their respects to their various neighbors during their first couple of weeks in town./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pay one's respect to — {v. phr.} To discharge one s social obligations by visiting someone or by calling them on the phone. * /The newly arrived people paid their respects to their various neighbors during their first couple of weeks in town./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pay\ one's\ respect\ to — v. phr. To discharge one s social obligations by visiting someone or by calling them on the phone. The newly arrived people paid their respects to their various neighbors during their first couple of weeks in town … Словарь американских идиом
pay */*/*/ — I UK [peɪ] / US verb Word forms pay : present tense I/you/we/they pay he/she/it pays present participle paying past tense paid UK [peɪd] / US past participle paid Get it right: pay: The verb pay is never followed by a direct object that refers to … English dictionary
pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pay — pay1 verb (past and past participle paid) 1》 give (someone) money due for work, goods, or a debt incurred. ↘give (a sum of money) thus owed. ↘(pay someone off) dismiss someone with a final payment. 2》 be profitable or advantageous.… … English new terms dictionary
pay — ► VERB (past and past part. paid) 1) give (someone) money due for work, goods, or an outstanding debt. 2) give (a sum of money) thus owed. 3) be profitable or advantageous: crime doesn t pay. 4) suffer a loss or misfortune as a consequence of an… … English terms dictionary
pay — pay1 /pay/, v., paid or (Obs. except for defs. 12, 24c) payed; paying; n., adj. v.t. 1. to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill. 2. to give over (a certain amount of… … Universalium
pay — I [[t]peɪ[/t]] v. paid or ( obs. except for def. 18b) payed, pay•ing, 1) to discharge or settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something 2) to give over (money) in exchange for something 3) to transfer… … From formal English to slang
