Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To retaliate against; to take revenge on.

    She put toothpaste in his shoes to get back at him for the frog he left in her refrigerator.

    sich rächen

Examples

1485 sentences

  1. Tom got angry at the children.

    Том розсердився на дітей. — deniko

    ruТом рассердился на детей. — Hellerick

    deTom wurde zornig auf die Kinder. — Dejo

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  2. You must get up at six.

    Ти повинен вставати о шостій. — uaspeaker

    ruТы должен вставать в шесть. — Hellerick

    deDu musst um sechs aufstehen. — cost

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  3. I got up at about six.

    Я встав близько шостої години. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ проснулся где-то в шесть. — gman

    deIch bin ungefähr um sechs aufgestanden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Do you get up at six?

    Ти встаєш о шостій? — deniko

    ruТы встаёшь в шесть? — marafon

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  5. She got in at 9 p.m.

    Вона прийшла о дев'ятій вечора. — aandrusiak

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to retaliate:

Forms

gets back at, getting back at, got back at, got back at
Base formget back at · to get back at
3rd person singulargets back at
Present participlegetting back at
Past simplegot back at
Past participlegot back at / gotten back at

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget back at
he, she, itgets back at

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot back at

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got back at
he, she, ithas got back at

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get back at

Synonyms

5 synonyms
take revengeretaliateavengeget back onget one's own back on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter
get back at — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto