|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

get back

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: get back

1
 v
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
2
 v
take revenge or even out a score
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: get back
1

v recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost

“We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company”
“He got back his son from the kidnappers”
Synonyms:
win back
Type of:
acquire, get
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
2

v take revenge or even out a score

Synonyms:
get even
Types:
fix, get, pay back, pay off
take vengeance on or get even
Type of:
avenge, retaliate, revenge
take revenge for a perceived wrong

v get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury

Synonyms:
settle
Type of:
contend, fight, struggle
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES