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21get back at — {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… …
22get back to — verb a) Return to (an activity) Ill get back to work as soon as Ive finished this game. b) To return contact with (someone) Ill get back to you when I have an answer. Syn: reply, follow up …
23get\ back\ at — 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. Syn.: pay …
24get back to sb — UK US get back to sb Phrasal Verb with get({{}}/get/ verb ( tt , got, got, or US gotten) ► to talk to someone again in order to give them some information or because you were not able to speak to them before: »Finance promised to get back to me… …
25get back — verb a) Return to where one came from. When I get back from holiday, I expect the house to be tidy. b) to retrieve, to have an item returned. I lent her my guitar over the Christmas holidays, and will get it back when the term starts …
26get back to — PHRASAL VERB If you get back to an activity, you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it. [V P P n] I think I ought to get back to work …
27get back — 1) they should get back before dawn Syn: return, come home, come back 2) she got her gloves back from the lost and found Syn: retrieve, regain, win back, recover, recoup, reclaim, repossess, recapture …
28get back at — return an insult, get revenge If you don t apologize, he ll get back at you. He s quite angry …
29get back at — verb To retaliate; to take revenge. She put toothpaste in his shoes to get back at him for the frog he left in her refrigerator. Syn: take revenge, retaliate, avenge …
30get back — phr verb Get back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appetite, ↑breath, ↑confidence, ↑deposit, ↑hearing, ↑strength …
