get back

English

Verb

(intransitive) Return to where one came from.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
When I get back from holiday, I expect the house to be tidy.
(transitive) To retrieve, to have an item returned.
I lent her my guitar over the Christmas holidays, and will get it back when the term starts.
(transitive) To do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you.
I'll get you back for this!

Derived terms

Translations

to return to where one came from

French: retourner (fr)
German: zurückkommen (de)
Hungarian: visszajön (hu)

Maori: hoki
Spanish: regresar (es)
Swedish: komma tillbaka, återvända (sv)

to retrieve, to have an item returned

French: retourner (fr)
German: zurückbekommen (de)

Spanish: devolver (es), regresar (es) (America)
Swedish: få tillbaka, återfå (sv)

to do something to hurt or harm someone

German: heimzahlen (de)
Spanish: vengarse (es)

Swedish: hämnas (sv), ge igen

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