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to get back at
01
to take revenge on someone for something they did
Transitive: to get back at sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
back at
Base verb
get
Present tense
get back at
3rd person singular
gets back at
Present participle
getting back at
Past simple
got back at
Past participle
gotten back at
Examples
She planned to get back at him for spreading rumors.
