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
Camellia	kə-MEEL-ee-ə, kə-MEL-ee-ə	English (Rare)
Yuri (2)	yoo-ṙee	Japanese
Dietfried	DEET-freet	German
Ernest	['ə:nist]
Bernardino	ber-nahr-DEE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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