get back

2 definitions found

get back - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  get back
      v 1: recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We
           got back the money after we threatened to sue the company";
           "He got back his son from the kidnappers" [syn: win back,
           get back]
      2: take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat
         --I want to get even" [syn: get even, get back]
      3: get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally
         settled with my old enemy" [syn: settle, get back]

get back - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "get back":
     ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, recuperate,
     redeem, regain, renovate, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, repossess,
     restore, resume, retake, retrieve, revindicate, revive,
     take back