pay compliment



pay someone compliment

Fig. to give someone a compliment. Tom paid Bill a compliment when he told him he was intelligent. Mary was very gracious when Anne paid her a compliment.
See also: compliment, pay

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nicolaas-Dutch
Rustam-Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tajik
Vinh-Vietnamese
Aishwarya-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Albino-Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Gyneth-Literature