get back at

[get back at] {v.}, {informal} To do something bad to (someone who has done something bad to you) hurt in return.

* /John played a joke on Henry, and next day Henry got back at him./

* /The elephant waited many years to get back at the man who fed him red pepper./

Syn.: PAY BACK, SETTLE A SCORE, TIT FOR TAT. Compare: GET AT(2), GET EVEN.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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