get even with sb
41get — Synonyms and related words: OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree with, alight, amaze, anger, annex, annoy, answer, apparel, appreciate, apprehend, approach, arise, arouse …
42even — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, a fortiori, above all, absolutely, accommodate, accordant, adjust, after all, again, albeit, algorismic, algorithmic, align, aligned, alike, aliquot, all the more, all the same, already, alternate, although …
43even*/*/*/ — [ˈiːv(ə)n] adv I 1) used when you are saying something that is surprising It always feels cold in this room, even in summer.[/ex] Even the dog refused to eat it.[/ex] They did n t even offer me a cup of tea.[/ex] Even now, after all these years,… …
44get back at — TAKE REVENGE ON, exact/wreak revenge on, avenge oneself on, take vengeance on, get even with, pay back, retaliate on/against, exact retribution on, give someone their just deserts; Brit. informal get one s own back on. → get * * * get back at To… …
45even — [OE] Even can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *ebnaz, although it is not clear whether it meant originally ‘flat, level’ or ‘equal, alike’ (both strands of meaning are still present in the word, the latter in such expressions as ‘get… …
46even — [OE] Even can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *ebnaz, although it is not clear whether it meant originally ‘flat, level’ or ‘equal, alike’ (both strands of meaning are still present in the word, the latter in such expressions as ‘get… …
47even up — verb To make even; to make level. I told him, smiling, that I would get even with him for his mistake, and he laughed heartily, and asked me to call once in a while. I did so, hoping for a chance to even up accounts, but he gave me none, and I… …
48get back at — Synonyms and related words: alternate, bandy, be quits with, change, come back at, commute, compensate, cooperate, counter, counterchange, exchange, get even with, give and take, give in exchange, give in return, hit back at, interchange, logroll …
49get back at — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. get even with, pay back, retaliate; see revenge …
50get back at — she wasted years of her life thinking about getting back at her ex husband Syn: take revenge on, exact/wreak revenge on, avenge oneself on, take vengeance on, get even with, pay back, retaliate on/against, exact retribution on, give someone their …
