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get back in WordNet English dictionary
verb- take revenge or even out a score
"I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
get even get back
- recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
"We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"
win back get back
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
"I finally settled with my old enemy"
settle get back
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University
get back in English Wiktionary
- (verb) (intransitive) Return to where one came from.
- (verb) (transitive) to retrieve, to have an item returned.
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