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
Sokratis	-	Greek
Waldo	['wɔ:ldəu]
Karoline	kah-ro-LEE-nə (German)	German, Danish, Norwegian
Ismael	-	Spanish, Biblical Greek
Eliyyahu	e-lee-YAH-hoo	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Stoyanka	-	Bulgarian