return the favor

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return the favor

to do a good deed for someone who has done a good deed for you. You helped me last week, so I'll return the favor and help you this week. There is no point in helping Bill He'll never return the favor.

See also: favor, return

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Be Reciprocal In the most basic sense, the idea of reciprocity is to return the favor by linking to sites that have linked to yours. Three Paths to Better Link Building by Enzo F. Cesario / Computers and Internet community The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star is apparently grateful to the 'Con Air' actor for helping him start off his career and intends to return the favor by giving him "whatever he needs" to help his cash crisis. Johnny Depp 'offers financial help' to Nicholas Cage by Asian News International Big banks that got big bailout bucks should return the favor by lending more to qualified small businesses, President Barack Obama says. Obama Says Banks Should Lend More Money to Small Businesses to Help ... by Gagan Kainth / Internet and Businesses Online community			restrain from restrict to result result from result in resurrect from retail retail at retail for retail to retain over retaliate against retire retire from retire on retire to retool for retreat retrieve retrieve from retrieve from some place return return for return from return the compliment return the favor return to return to some place return with reunite with rev up reveal reveal to revel in revenge Revenge is a dish best served cold Revenge is sweet revenge oneself on reverberate reverberate through reverberate throughout reverberate with revere for revert revert to revert to type review review for revolt revolt against revolted at			Return Postcard Return Preparer Assessment Tool Return Preparer Program Return Print Queue Return Purchase Order Return Rate Return Rate Return Rate Return Rates Return Rates Return Rates Return Receipt Requested Return Refocusing Gel Electrophoresis Return Result Return Right Return Rights Return Routability Check Return Routability CoA Answer Return Sales Order return someone's compliment Return Specialist return stall return streamer Return stroke Return stroke Return stroke Return Subjourney Check return system return the charge return the compliment return the favor Return the Flag Return the Next Bit return ticket return ticket return ticket return ticket return ticket return tickets return tickets return tickets return tickets return tickets Return Timed Out return to return to Return to a Better Tomorrow Return to Active Duty Return to Agency Return to Archive Return to Base Return to Castle Wolfenstein Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War Return to Childhood Return To Clinic Return To Control Return to Custody Return to Desktop Return To Dominance Return To Dominate Return to Duty

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