get back

verb

1. tr to recover or retrieve
2. introften foll byto to return, esp to a former position or activity

   let's get back to the original question

3. intrfoll byat to retaliate (against); wreak vengeance (on)
4. get one's own back informal.
   to obtain one's revenge

Example Sentences

BBC Sport looks at five talking points as the Premier League gets back under way.

From BBC

Amare just had to “get back on the bike and start riding,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a relief getting back on the field on Sept. 25, 2022, he said, but while struggling to rush for 123 yards in 35 carries in four games, Dobbins knew he wasn’t himself.

From Los Angeles Times

But unlike nitrogen, another critical soil nutrient, phosphorus is a non-renewable resource with limited geological deposits, meaning that once it moves from land to water, it can't get back into the land.

From Science Daily

Watson and Nicholls improved in the second set, but they were unable to stop their opponents from striking first and they missed three break points of their own to get back on serve at 3-1.

From BBC

Related Words

• come back
• come home
• revert