ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL

Meaning of ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL in English

v. phr. To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another. Bill owed Sam a dollar, so he borrowed another from Joe to pay Sam back. He robbed Peter to pay Paul. Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — deprive one person of something in order to pay another. [prob. with ref. to the saints and apostles Peter and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — ( saying ) to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — {v. phr.} To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another. * …
Slang English vocab
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — {v. phr.} To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another. * …
Словарь английских идиом
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — take from one person or thing to pay another When the government began to take money from education to pay …
English Idioms vocab
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — move money from one part of a budget to another If we use grocery money to buy gas, we rob …
English Idioms vocabulary
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — облагодетельствовать одного за счет другого, поддерживать одно в ущерб другому
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL — облагодетельствовать одного за счет другого, поддерживать одно в ущерб другому
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PAUL — County: Cornwall Post Code: TR19
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
PETER — Peter, Saint :One of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, he was a leader and missionary in the early church, …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
PAUL — Paul Tillich (18861965), German-born U.S. theologian and philosopher. Paul Tillich says: Islam...means surrender, devotion, subjection to the divine order, and …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
PAUL — I. noun Etymology: Latin ~us, from Greek ~os Date: before 12th century an early Christian apostle and missionary and author …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PETER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Altgeld John Peter Behrens Peter Lawrence Peter Berra Brook Sir Peter Stephen Paul Carey …
Английский словарь Британика
PAUL — I Russian Pavel Petrovich born Oct. 1, 1754, St. Petersburg, Russia died March 23, 1801, St. Petersburg Tsar of Russia …
Английский словарь Британика
ROB — I. ˈräb verb ( robbed ; robbed ; robbing ; robs ) Etymology: Middle English robben, from Old French rober, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PETER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAY — I. ˈpā verb ( paid also in sense 8 payed ˈpād ; paid ; paying ; pays ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAUL — I. variant of pawl II. ˈpȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian paolo : paolo
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROB — (v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, …
Английский словарь Webster
PAUL — (n.) An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.
Английский словарь Webster
PAUL — (n.) See Pawl.
Английский словарь Webster
ROB — ( v. t. ) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PAUL — ( n. ) See Pawl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PAUL — ( n. ) An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROB — /rob/ , n. a male given name, form of Robert .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROB — /rob/ , v. , robbed, robbing . v.t. 1. to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PETER — /pee"teuhr/ , n. 1. Also called Simon Peter . died A.D. 67?, one of the 12 apostles and the reputed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PETER
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAY — pay 1 /pay/ , v. , paid or ( Obs. except for defs. 12, 24c ) payed; paying; n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAUL — /pawl/ for 1-3, 5; /powl/ for 4 , n. 1. Saint , died A.D. c67, a missionary and apostle to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PETER — n. Saint Peter (died c. AD 67), one of the 12 Apostles; male first name
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PAUL — n. first name; family name; one of the apostles of Jesus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PETER
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAY — I. ˈpā verb ( paid ˈpād ; also in sense 7 payed ; pay·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAUL — I. ˈpȯl noun Etymology: Latin Paulus, from Greek Paulos Date: before 12th century : an early Christian apostle and missionary …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROB — verb ( robbed ; rob·bing ) Etymology: Middle English robben, from Anglo-French rober, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROB — vi to take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, ·esp. by violence. 2. rob ·vt to take …
Webster English vocab
PAY — noun satisfaction; content. 2. pay ·vt to give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay …
Webster English vocab
PAUL — noun ·see pawl. 2. paul ·noun an italian silver coin. ·see paolo.
Webster English vocab
PETER
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROB — [rob] vb robbed ; rob.bing [ME robben, fr. OF rober, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG roubon to rob--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PETER
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PAY — [pay] vb paid also in sense 7. payed ; pay.ing [ME, fr. OF paier, fr. L pacare to pacify, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PAUL — [Paul] n [L Paulus, fr. Gk Paulos]: an early Christian apostle and missionary and author of several New Testament epistles
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PETER
Britannica English vocabulary
PAUL — born Dec. 14, 1901, Athens died March 6, 1964, Athens king of Greece (194764) who helped his country overcome Communist …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROB — rob, Rob BrE AmE rɒb AmE rɑːb ▷ robbed rɒbd AmE rɑːbd ▷ robbing ˈrɒb ɪŋ AmE ˈrɑːb ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PETER — Peter, peter BrE AmE ˈpiːt ə AmE ˈpiːt̬ ə r ▷ Peter|ed d ▷ petering ˈpiːt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PAUL — Paul BrE AmE pɔːl pɑːl ▷ Paul's pɔːlz pɑːlz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROB — / rɒb; NAmE rɑːb/ verb ( -bb- ) [ vn ] rob sb/sth (of sth) to steal money or property …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAY
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROB — rob S3 /rɒb $ rɑːb/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle robbed , present participle robbing ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PETER — I. Peter BrE AmE ⇨ rob Peter to pay Paul at ↑ rob (2) II. Peter, Saint BrE AmE the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAUL — I. Paul, Saint /pɔːl/ BrE AmE (?3AD-?68AD) a Christian ↑ apostle (=someone chosen by Jesus to teach and spread the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROB — v.tr. (robbed, robbing) (often foll. by of) 1 take unlawfully from, esp. by force or threat of force (robbed the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PAY — v. & n. --v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1 (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROB — v.tr. (robbed, robbing) (often foll. by of) 1 take unlawfully from, esp. by force or threat of force (robbed the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PAY — v. & n. v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1 (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROB — v.tr. (robbed, robbing) (often foll. by of) 1. take unlawfully from, esp. by force or threat of force (robbed the …
Oxford English vocab
PAY — 1. v. & n. --v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1. (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due …
Oxford English vocab
PETER — If you say that someone is robbing Peter to pay Paul , you mean that they are transferring money from …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAY — ( pays, paying, paid) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROB — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bank ▪ Suspended sentence ... granny who tried to rob bank escapes going to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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