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getting back

 
Verb get back has 4 senses
  1. return, go back, get back, come back - come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Sample sentence:
    The children get back to the playground
  2. win back, get back - 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"
    --2 is one way to get, acquire
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. get even, get back - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
    --3 is one way to revenge, avenge, retaliate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. settle, get back - get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy"
    --4 is one way to fight, struggle
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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