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owe

/oʊ/verb1 syllable

Owe means: be obliged to pay or repay.

What does owe mean?3

verb

1

be obliged to pay or repay

2

be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense“This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory”

3

be in debt“She owes me $200”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with owe?60

two syllables

three syllables

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All 60 rhymes for owe, grouped by syllable

Owe in a sentence

  • You haven't forgot about the debt you owe me, have you?ddnktr
  • You haven't forgotten about the money you owe me, have you?CK
  • If you can't do good, at least pay what you owe.anzart
  • I don’t owe you anything, and you don’t owe me anything!Igider
  • To come down to brass tacks, you owe me something.curtisdavid
  • He didn't really like his job, but he owed money on his new house.CK
  • I owe him a great deal because he saved my life.CM
  • Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.CK

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Forms of owe

as a verb

past tense
owed
present participle
owing
third-person singular
owes
past participle
owed