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get back at
Idioms and Phrases
Take revenge on, as in Watch out for Peter; he's sure to get back at you . Similarly, get one's own back means simply “get revenge,” as in She finally saw a chance to get her own back . The first expression dates from the late 1800s, the second from the early 1900s.Example Sentences
That made the scientists wonder if Anchali was trying to get back at Mary by ruining her shower.
Offset and Cardi B might have gone their separate ways, after seven years of marriage, but the “Bodak Yellow” rapper said she would enlist her ex’s help to get back at the prank caller — with some stipulations.
County Labor Federation head Ron Herrera to get back at their adversaries.
“You kind of had to get back at some point.”
His wife did it to get back at one of their neighbors, he says.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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