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getbacks

getbacks is the plural of getback.

Meaning of getback

Noun

getback (countable and uncountable, plural getbacks)

  1. An act of revenge.
    • If the resource was general and valuable, elements of criminality and vengeful getbacks — 'I'll burn your crops' — were an ever-present threat.2013, Brent D. Shaw, Bringing in the Sheaves: Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World, page 248

Questions about getbacks

What is getbacks the plural of?
Getbacks is the plural of getback.

Words near getbacks in the dictionary

  1. getaway drivers
  2. getaway man
  3. getaway men
  4. getaways
  5. getback
  6. getbacks
  7. getcha
  8. Getchell
  9. getchellite
  10. getchellites
  11. Getchells

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