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.
See also: back, get, own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GretchenGRET-khen (German), GRECH-ən (English)German, English
Eugeniae-oo-KHE-nyah (Spanish), e-uw-GEN-yah (Polish), yoo-JEE-nee-ə (English), yoo-JEEN-yə (English)Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
WestonWES-tənEnglish
Jamyang-Tibetan, Bhutanese
HarmonyHAHR-mə-neeEnglish
Sewerynase-ve-RI-nahPolish