to get one's own back
[get] {one's} own back on {sb}to get one's own back
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to seek to harm or punish someone who has wronged or harmed one
Dialect
British
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Idiom
Informal
أمثلة
After her coworker played a prank on her, she decided to get her own back by pulling an even bigger prank in return.
In the movie, the protagonist spends the entire plot trying to get his own back against the villain who wronged him in the past.
