to owe
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- /oʊ/
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deber (algo) a alguien
- After all that she did for me, I really owe her a debt of gratitude.
- owe its success
- owe thanks
- owe its existence
Thankfully, the help was so easy and I owe that to Shopify.
- Thankfully, the help was so easy and I owe that to Shopify.
- Let me tell you about how much we owe to camel poop.
- But when Alexander the Great was asked, to whom do you owe your life?
- I feel like I owe everything to to them.
- For all of this, we and millions around the world owe our thanks to so many.
- In the case of Epicurus, we really owe a massive debt to Diogenes.
- And, and I think that we really owe Christopher a big round of applause.
- And I just saw someone who said he owes his career to me.
Examples
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I feel like I owe everything to to them.
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All my dreams are coming true and I owe this happiness to you.
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And I, I owe my life to him.
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But I think too, we owe ourselves some stuff too.
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And that means that what we owe society is not clear.
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But we really owe everything to the church.
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So, to what do I owe this pleasure?
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All of us who care about Harvard owe him our gratitude.
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I think that's what we owe as parents to our kids.
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Finally, she said slowly, "I suppose I owe this to you, Mrs. Lyons."
Fiction book (1992)
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Etymology
Owe comes from the old English āgan meaning 'to own' or 'to have', and this is the same root as the modern word own, so saying you 'owe' your success to someone is like saying part of what you 'have' comes from them. That's why owe is used to show an abstract debt or thanks to a person or thing.