get back at

verb

get back at

verb
1

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

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