get back (at)

verb

Definition of get back (at)next
as in to give back

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  1. give back
  2. revenge
  3. retaliate
  4. avenge
Verb
  • In 2000, Bob and Greg Laemmle established the Laemmle Charitable Foundation to give back to the community.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The nuanced takes helped Treasury yields give back some of their initial bursts after the release of the jobs report.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of give back
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  • James is on a mission to destroy his enemy Peter and decides seducing his 20-year-old daughter, Wendy, is his ticket to revenge.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • With all the serious stuff filling the front page of newspapers from political purges to wacky policy pronouncements to revenge plots and damning investigations kept under seal — but enough about Matt Gaetz — Howard County is now providing a welcome distraction.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of revenge
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  • Hezbollah began cross-border drone and missile attacks a day after the Hamas attack, and Israel frequently retaliated.
    Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This cannot be waved away by the spurious notion that Joe Biden and the U.S. Justice Department is retaliating against Adams’ legitimate criticism of Biden’s poor management of the migrant crisis.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of retaliate
Verb
  • Girls basketball Ontario Christian avenged its only defeat by knocking off Archbishop Mitty on Saturday.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Ohio State avenged its October loss to No. 1 Oregon, winning 41-21 on Wednesday in a game that didn’t even seem that close after the Buckeyes jumped out to a 34-0 lead.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of avenge
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get back

get back (at)

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