repo man

[ree-poh man]

noun

Informal.

1. a person employed to repossess or take back high-priced merchandise, such as motor vehicles or machinery, from buyers who have failed to pay.

   The specter of the repo man haunts many Americans who have fallen behind in their car payments.

   I haven't paid my bills in months, my credit cards are maxed out, and the repo man is threatening to come around.

Word History and Origins

Origin of repo man¹

First recorded in 1960–65; repo ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

He dictates his demands and desires to the world via Truth Social, ending each edition of his personal newsletter with “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” as if he’s a bill collector or a repo man.

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He dictates his demands and desires to the world via Truth Social, ending each edition of his personal newsletter with “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” as if he’s a bill collector or a repo man.

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These songs swing, they shout, they rock; “Repo Man” is Springsteen at his televangelist shouter best, “Detail Man” is a rollicking number about booty calls — “You want the job done right any time of day or night/Call your detail man” — that features a righteous harmonica, and just when you think this is all about a good time, “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone” is a tears-in-your-beer ballad with beautifully heartbreaking pedal steel courtesy of Marty Rifkin.

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He came up with this idea that Hurley was a repo man who was just so charming and good at his job that people would just end up giving their stuff back.

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“Don Hankey, he sells loans to people with less than exceptional credit. Forbes said his company repossesses about 250 cars a day. Our former president got a loan from a repo man.”

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