get back at

English

Verb

get back at

(idiomatic) To retaliate against; to take revenge on.
She put toothpaste in his shoes to get back at him for the frog he left in her refrigerator.

Synonyms

get back on
get one's own back on
take revenge
retaliate
avenge
See also Thesaurus:avenge

Translations

to retaliate

Finnish: kostaa (fi)
French: se venger
German: sich rächen (de)

Ido: venjar su (io)
Italian: vendicarsi
Spanish: vengarse (es)

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