get your own back (on sb)
UK informalDefinition
C2 to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you: I'll get my own back on her one day.Revenge and vengefulness
(Definition of get your own back (on sb) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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get your kit off idiom
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get your knickers in a twist idiom
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get your leg over idiom
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get your mind round something idiom
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get your money's worth idiom
- get your own back (on sb) idiom
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get your own way idiom
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get your rocks off idiom
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get your teeth into sth idiom
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get your tongue round/around sth idiom
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get your wires crossed idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge verb
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- fix verb (PUNISH)
- get even with sb idiom
- get sb back phrasal verb
- hit back phrasal verb
- pay sb back phrasal verb
- reprisal noun
- retaliate verb
- retaliatory adjective
- revenge verb
- revengeful adjective
- settle an (old) score idiom
- settle an account idiom
- strike back phrasal verb
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance noun
- vengeful adjective
- vindictive adjective
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Revenge and vengefulness
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