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get back at
get back at somebody
also get even (with somebody) to punish someone who did something to you I think he's trying to get back at her for what she said in the meeting.
Related vocabulary: stick it to somebodyget back at
Take revenge on, as in Watch out for Peter; he's sure to get back at you. Similarly, get one's own back means simply "get revenge," as in She finally saw a chance to get her own back. The first expression dates from the late 1800s, the second from the early 1900s.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Mao (1) | | mah-o | Japanese |
Roberts | | - | Latvian |
Photine | | - | Ancient Greek |
Dejan | | - | Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian |
Kemp | | KEMP | English (Rare) |
Joshua | | JAH-shə-wə (English), JAW-shwə (English) | English, Biblical |