get even with sb
11get even with — avenge, reap vengeance upon …
12get even with — Be appropriately revenged on …
13get even — (with (someone)) to punish someone who did something to you. She wants to get even with the guy who hit her with the ball. Related vocabulary: settle a score, stick it to someone …
14get even — get revenge He seems to want to get even with him for their past problems …
15get even — verb 1. compensate; make the score equal (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑equalize, ↑equalise • Derivationally related forms: ↑equalisation (for: ↑equalise), ↑equalization …
16get even — informal if you get even with someone who has done something bad to you, you do something bad to them. Vinnie s a spiteful kind of guy. Who knows what he might think up to get even. He swore he d get even with Lee for humiliating him. (often +… …
17get even — {v.}, {informal} 1. To owe nothing. * /Mr. Johnson has a lot of debts, but in a few years he will get even./ 2. To do something bad to pay someone back for something bad; get revenge; hurt back. * /Jack is waiting to get even with Bill for… …
18get even — {v.}, {informal} 1. To owe nothing. * /Mr. Johnson has a lot of debts, but in a few years he will get even./ 2. To do something bad to pay someone back for something bad; get revenge; hurt back. * /Jack is waiting to get even with Bill for… …
19get\ even — v informal 1. To owe nothing. Mr. Johnson has a lot of debts, but in a few years he will get even. 2. To do something bad to pay someone back for something bad; get revenge; hurt back. Jack is waiting to get even with Bill for tearing up his… …
20be even with — 1. To be revenged on (also get even with) 2. To be quits with • • • Main Entry: ↑even …
