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owe someone one
need to return a favour
If you owe someone one, you need to do something helpful for them because they helped you.
Hear it in real life
I told the manager you were stuck in traffic.
That really helped. I owe you one.
Thanks for lending me your charger - I owe you one.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I owe you one favour.
Say: I owe you one.
In this idiom, do not add “favour” after “one.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
I owe you one; owe someone one
Your turn: say it out loud
Thanks for lending me your charger - I owe you one.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
owe someone one
need to return a favour
“Thanks for lending me your charger - I owe you one.”
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