got one's own back
got one's own back is the simple past and past participle of get one's own back.
Meaning of get one's own back
Verb
get one's own back (third-person singular simple present gets one's own back, present participle getting one's own back, simple past got one's own back, past participle (UK) got one's own back or (US) gotten one's own back)
- To avenge oneself.
- When he spurns her, Julia is outraged to hear it is because she did not measure up to his secret list of 10 bullet-pointed attributes for an ideal bride. To get her own back, she invites her best friend, penniless clergyman’s daughter Selina Dalton (Freida Pinto), up to town to ensnare Malcolm, by...2022 August 24, Peter Bradshaw, “Mr Malcolm’s List review – Regency romcom served with cake-icing of irony”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- avenge, even the score, get back at, retaliate, settle the score, take revenge, tar out
Questions about got one's own back
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- Got one's own back is the simple past and past participle of get one's own back.
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