[ˈbɒrəʊ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it
(e.g: he had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues)

- allow (a certain distance) when playing a shot to compensate for sideways motion of the ball due to a slope or other irregularity


Phrases:
- be living on borrowed time
- borrow trouble

Origin:
Old English borgian ‘borrow against security’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German borgen

[ˈbɒrəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a slope or other irregularity on a golf course which must be compensated for when playing a shot


Phrases:
- be living on borrowed time
- borrow trouble

Origin:
Old English borgian ‘borrow against security’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German borgen