Get Back

Definition: Get Back

Get Back

Verb

1. Come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity.

2. 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".

3. Take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even".

4. Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Get Back

Acquisition

Get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own.

Arrival

Light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down; (be located); get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in; (ingress); make one's appearance; (appear); drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit.

Regression

Verb: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish, crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.

Crosswords: Get Back

He ran from here like a whipped dog! I'm sure you can't wait for him to get back to making the decisions so you can stop sweating through that silk blouse of yours! (Air Force One; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe)

You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Third, the second y'all get back from Cambodia, move your bum ass outta your mom's house. (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

I can't get back to my old life. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

Sometimes I wonder if I've changed so much, my wife is even gonna recognize me whenever it is I get back to her and how I'll ever be able to tell about days like today. (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat)

Let's get back forever (Let's Get Back; performing artist: Gwen Stefani)

'Cause I wanna get back wit you (Never Keeping Secrets; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface)

Get back you flea infested mongrel (Who Let The Dogs Out; performing artist: Baha Men)

I'd drive all night just to get back home (Wanted Dead or Alive; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

Shoefly, dragonfly, get back t'your mother. (GREEN RIVER; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

The best way to get back on your feet: Miss a car payment. (references; author: unknown)

Life is an echo. What you send out, you get back; what you give, you get. (references; author: unknown)

Bi the Time You Get Back (1995)

Get Back (1992)

Get Back (performing artist: The Beatles)

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Books

• If I Never Get Back (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Paul McCartney - Get Back Live (reference)

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Fifty years ago, frozen orange juice was just a flavorless commercial flop. The only orange juice you could get back then was either squeezed from fresh oranges, mixed from a relatively tasteless concentrate, or poured from a can-and it tasted like a can! P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

My gosh! He's still at it! I better get back into my hole again!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Get back in that closet -- and stay there!. Credit: Library of Congress.

It's great to get back to school after a long hot summer!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Get back to your desk!. Credit: Library of Congress.

'If this is the only safe thing we can do to get back on the front pages, then I say let's do it!' / Oliphant. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke-down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they can ever get the money.". Credit: Library of Congress.

Entered California the fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they ever get the money." U.S. 99. Tulare, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

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It took him nearly a quarter of an hour to get back to the shanty in the garden.

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Health

People with depression, for example, often awaken in the early hours of the morning and find themselves unable to get back to sleep. (references)

Transient and intermittent insomnia may not require treatment since episodes last only a few days at a time. For example, if insomnia is due to a temporary change in the sleep/wake schedule, as with jet lag, the person's biological clock will often get back to normal on its own. However, for some people who experience daytime sleepiness and impaired performance as a result of transient insomnia, the use of short-acting sleeping pills may improve sleep and next-day alertness. (references)

Business

The name of the game has been cash flow management; the distributor having to pile up inventory stock, distribute it and get back the money invested on time, to roll it back into the business. (references)

Economic History

Thailand

The already tight competitive market, due to the economic downturn, limits the opportunity for franchise operators to pass on this burden to the customers through price increases . Those already in the market, particularly those in fast food and consumer goods, are experiencing diminished revenues because the Thai people are being more cautious and selective in their spending . It is probably more difficult to start new international franchises in Thailand now but U.S. franchises are advised to keep a close eye on market developments and learn who might be the most promising potential partners . This is because franchising will be seen as an attractive, relatively safe way to get back into business for many Thai investors and the best prospects should be in the following industries hotel management, automotive after market, and e-commerce related industries such as delivery services, computer services, and so forth. (references)

Political Economy

West Bank

The USG is committed to doing everything it can to get the two side to end the violence and get back to the negotiating table. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "get back": get back at ♦ get back at smb. ♦ get back in harness ♦ get back to ♦ get back to normal ♦ get back to the grindstone ♦ get back to work ♦ To get back. Additional references.

Albanian

kthehem (backtrack, bend, come back, flounce, go back, lurch, move back, redound, rejoin, return, set, slew, start back, take turns, turn aside, turn back, turn over, turn round, veer, wheel). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عاد إليه, ‏عاد (come back, pass back, regain, return, revert, roll in, step in, turn back), ‏إنتقم (get even with, get one's own back, hit back, reprisal, requite, retaliate, revenge, strike back, take revenge, wreak, wreak vengeance), ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, hold on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out), ‏إسترد (call, evict, give back, recall, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, retake, retrieve, return, take back, withdraw), ‏أعاد (bring round, carry back, give back, go over, iterate, keep, push out, put back, reestablish, remit, repay, repeat, resit, restart, restore, return, revert, send back, take back, throw back), ‏رجع (assign, back, come back, cut back, give back, go back, pass back, rebound, reconsider, reestablish, reinstate, render, report back, resound, retreat, return, reverse, revert, send back, snap back, step back, turn, turn back, turn in). (various references)

Bulgarian 

възвръщам си (recapture, redeem, regain, repossess, resume, retrieve), връщам се (come back, drive back, flow back, go back, recur, regurgitate, revert, turn back). (various references)

Czech

znovu nabýt (recuperate), vrátit se (come back, go back, redound, retrace, return, turn back). (various references)

Finnish

saada takaisin (recover, regain), palata (come back, recur, re-enter, return, revert). (various references)

French

se venger (get even with, get one's own back), se remettre (get on one's feet, get over), revenir (get back at smb.), reprendre, rendre (get), ravoir, récupérer (get back to normal). (various references)

German

zurücktun (put back, shove back), zurückkommen (bounce back, come back, hark back, move back, refer, return, revert, wander back), zurückholen (claw back, fetch back, retrieval, to retract, to return), zurückgehen (abate, check back, cut back, double back, fall back, fall off, go back, go down, head back, peak off, reach back, recede, reminiscence, retreat, retrograde, return, sag, shrink, slip back, to go back, to retrograde, trace back, turn back), zurückbringen (bring back, move back, restore, return, take back), zurückbekommen (recover, recovery, regain), wiederbekommen (got back, regain), herausbekommen (figure out, find out, get out, glean, oust, pick up, sound out, to get out, work out). (various references)

Greek 

ξαναπαίρνω (recover, repossess, retake, ring back, take back), επιστρέφω (come back, drive back, give back, rebound, recoil on, repossess, restore, return). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחזור (come again, come back, go back, return, revert), ל�"חזיר (bring back, give back, put back, recall, recover, repay, restore, return), ל� קום (avenge, get square, hit back, retaliate, revenge, take revenge, wreak). (various references)

Hungarian

visszanyer (recover, recuperate, regain, resume, retrieve, to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate, to regain, to win back), visszamegy (go back, retrace, to go back, to remount, to retrace), visszakap (to get back, to recover), visszaér (to get back). (various references)

Italian

riprendere (begin again, blame, catch again, rebuke, recover, recrudesce, regain, renew, reopen, reprehend, reproach, reprove, resume, scold, shoot, start again, tell off), ricuperare (make up for, reclaim, recoup, recover, recuperate, recycle, rehabilitate, retrieve, salvage), riavere (get over, have again, recover, retrieve). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'り�'戻す (to be reconciled, to get back together again), 取り�"す (to get back, to recover, to regain). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

より�'もどす (to be reconciled, to get back together again), とりかえす (to get back, to recover, to regain). (various references)

Manx

goll ergooyl (recede, recession, retire, retreat, retrogress, retrogression, reverse; neap tide, setback, tergiversation, withdrawal), goaill lhiasagh, goaill cooilleeney (revenge), geddyn er ash (retrieval, retrieve). (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay ackbay

Portuguese

retaliar (get back at, retaliate, revenge). (various references)

Romanian

reveni (call again, come, come again, devolve to smb., devolve upon smb., go back, reappear, recede, recur, relapse, repass, retract, return, revert). (various references)

Russian 

получить назад. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vratiti se (come back, drive back, go back, move back, recur, relapse, return, revert), osvetiti se (avenge oneself, avenge oneself on, get even with, pay back, retaliate, revenge, revenge oneself, wreak). (various references)

Spanish

volver (abduce, call back, come back, cut back, get in, go back, hark back, put back, return, ride back, throw back, to return, turn, turn about, turn around, turn away, turn over, turn round, turning), vengarse (avenge oneself, retaliate, revenge, take revenge), regresar (call back, come back, comeback, get in, go back, put back, return, take back, throw back), recuperar (catch up, hold, light out, make up for, reclaim, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, retrieve, undelete), recobrar (pick up, recapture, recoup, recover, regain, repossess, retrieve, win back). (various references)

Swedish

återfå (evict, pick up, recover, regain). (various references)

Turkish

işe geri dönmek (get back to the grindstone). (various references)

Ukrainian

повернутися (be back, cut back, hike back, make back, re-enter), повернути (work round). (various references)

repetam, repetamus, repetere, repetes, repetit, repetitus, repetunt. (various references)

repeter. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: begat.

-3 letters: abet, back, bake, bate, beak, beat, beck, beta, cage, cake, cate, gate, geck, geta, tace, tack, take, teak.

-4 letters: ace, act, age, ate, bag, bat, beg, bet, cab, cat, eat, eta, gab, gae, gat, get, kab, kae, kat, kea, keg, tab, tae, tag, tea, teg.

-5 letters: ab, ae, ag, at, ba, be.

+2 letters: backstage.

+3 letters: bracketing.

+4 letters: backlighted.