get back at

VERB

settle a score

Synonyms

WEAK

be avenged get even pay back retaliate revenge take vengeance

Example Sentences

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That made the scientists wonder if Anchali was trying to get back at Mary by ruining her shower.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 21, 2024

His wife did it to get back at one of their neighbors, he says.

From Slate • May 17, 2024

Toti does ever so well to get back at him.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

I couldn’t wait to get back at it again based on how we finished last year.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

“Sick? What sick? I tell you, it was a curse put on my own child to get back at me.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia