get own back

get your own back

to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you Fiona had deliberately stopped me getting that job and I was determined to get my own back. (often + on ) She got her own back on her unfaithful husband by throwing a pot of red paint over his brand new car.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Okropir	-	Georgian
Hortense	[hɔ:'tens]
Davidson	['deividsn]
Tsubasa	tsoo-bah-sah	Japanese
Edina	-	Hungarian
Melusine	-	Mythology