what does get back mean?
GET BACK as VERB
- Meaning
- get one’’s revenge for a wrong or an injury
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Usage Example(s)
- I finally settled with my old enemy
Hypernyms(s) get back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company
- He got back his son from the kidnappers
Hypernyms(s) get back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- take revenge or even out a score
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Usage Example(s)
- I cannot accept the defeat–I want to get even
Hypernyms(s) get back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
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Hypernyms(s) get back is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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