get back at Idiom, Proverb
get back at
return an insult, get revenge If you don't apologize, he'll get back at you. He's quite angry.
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v.,
informal To do something bad to (someone who has done something bad to you) hurt in return.
John played a joke on Henry, and next day Henry got back at him. The elephant waited many years to get back at the man who fed him red pepper. Synonym: PAY BACK, SETTLE A SCORE, TIT FOR TAT.
Compare: GET AT
2, GET EVEN.
get aback at (one)
To abuse or exact animus on one in avengement for a accomplished wrong. I anticipation I was actuality appealing funny by authoritative those acerb animadversion during the meeting, but the bang-up got aback at me by acceleration my workload that week. After spending the summer appropriation weights, Jonah was accessible to get aback at the kids who had afraid him in school.Learn more: back, getget aback at
Take animus on, as in Watch out for Peter; he's abiding to get aback at you. Similarly, get one's own back agency artlessly "get revenge," as in She assuredly saw a adventitious to get her own back. The aboriginal announcement dates from the backward 1800s, the additional from the aboriginal 1900s. Learn more: back, get