get one's own back

get one's own back
To avenge oneself.

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  • get one's own back — ► get one s own back informal have one s revenge. Main Entry: ↑get …   English terms dictionary

  • get one's own back — (informal) HAVE/GET/TAKE ONE S REVENGE (ON), be revenged (on), hit back, get (back at), get even (with), settle accounts (with), repay, pay someone back, give someone their just deserts …   Useful english dictionary

  • get one's own back — informal have one s revenge. → get …   English new terms dictionary

  • get one's own back (on) —   Be revenged (on) …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • own back —  See get one s own back …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • have one's own back — phrasal : to get even …   Useful english dictionary

  • get your own back (on somebody) — get your ˈown back (on sb) idiom (informal) to do sth to sb in return for harm they have done to you; to get ↑revenge • I ll get my own back on him one day, I swear! Main entry: ↑ownidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Get Your Own Back — Infobox Television show name = Get Your Own Back caption = format = Children s Game Show picture format = 4:3 (1991 2000) 16:9 (2001 2003) runtime = 30 minutes creator = Brian Marshall starring = Dave Benson Phillips (All Series) Lisa Brockwell… …   Wikipedia

  • get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… …   English World dictionary

  • get — ► VERB (getting; past got; past part. got, N. Amer. or archaic gotten) 1) come to have or hold; receive. 2) succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain. 3) experience, suffer, or be afflicted with. 4) move in order to pic …   English terms dictionary

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