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
Gretchen	GRET-khen (German), GRECH-ən (English)	German, English
Eugenia	e-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)
Weston	WES-tən	English
Jamyang	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Harmony	HAHR-mə-nee	English
Seweryna	se-ve-RI-nah	Polish