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
Camden	KAM-dən	English (Modern)
Milorad	-	Serbian, Croatian
Kornelija	-	Croatian, Serbian
Devadas	-	Indian, Hindi
Bairnsfather	['bɛənz.fa:ðə]
Ezar	-	Biblical