to get one's own back
01
to seek to harm or punish someone who has wronged or harmed one
Dialect
British
British![to [get] {one's} own back definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/44686/original/?type=jpeg "to [get] {one's} own back definition and meaning")
Idiom
Informal
例
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.
