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- get own back
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Lourdes | | LOOR-des (Spanish), LUWRD (French), LAWRDZ (English) | Spanish, Various |
| Lorn | | LAWRN | English (Rare) |
| Frano | | - | Croatian |
| Daidalos | | - | Greek Mythology |
| Epiphanius | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| NÁNdor | | - | Hungarian |