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61get 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 …
62get back at — return an insult, get revenge If you don t apologize, he ll get back at you. He s quite angry …
63get 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 …
64get back — phr verb Get back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appetite, ↑breath, ↑confidence, ↑deposit, ↑hearing, ↑strength …
65get back from — phr verb Get back from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑vacation …
66get back on — phr verb Get back on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑footing …
67get back to — phr verb Get back to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑basics, ↑fitness, ↑land, ↑nature, ↑reality, ↑root, ↑subject …
68ˌget ˈback at sb — phrasal verb to hurt or upset someone because they have hurt or upset you She was trying to get back at him for embarrassing her.[/ex] …
69ˌget ˈback to sb — phrasal verb spoken to phone, write, or speak to someone at a later time because you were busy or could not answer their question earlier Can you get back to me on those figures by the end of the day?[/ex] …
70To get back — Get Get (g[e^]t), v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [1913 Webster] We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To arrive at, or bring one s self into, a state,… …
