Get Back At Somebody - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 get back at somebody From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget back at somebody phrasal verbREVENGEto do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you  He’ll probably go out with her just to get back at me. → get→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusget back at • So she spends a good part of the movie getting back at everyone for ostracizing her.• She may say things about me from time to time that aren't necessarily true just to get back at me, you know?• Perhaps they feel it is a way of getting back at the system that keeps them in the poverty gap.• The girl later admitted she made the story up to get back at the teacher for punishing her boyfriend.• The four witches dabble in the supernatural to get back at their enemies and fix a few personal-appearance problems.• He'd get back at them.• How I try to get back at them.• Maybe he's getting back at you. Exercises Exercises

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See all topics Word of the day headstrong very determined to do what you want, even when other people advise you not to do it Verb tableget

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	get
he, she, it	gets
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	got
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have got
he, she, it	has got
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had got
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will get
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have got
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am getting
he, she, it	is getting
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you, we, they	are getting
Past
I, he, she, it	was getting
you, we, they	were getting
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been getting
he, she, it	has been getting
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been getting
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be getting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been getting
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