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get back
Overview of verb get-back
The verb get back has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (18) return, go back, get back, come back -- (come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity)
2. (4) win back, get back -- (recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers")
3. (1) get even, get back -- (take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even")
4. settle, get back -- (get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy")
Antonyms of verb get-back
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb get-back
4 senses of get back
Sense 1
return, go back, get back, come back
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
win back, get back
=> get, acquire
Sense 3
get even, get back
=> revenge, avenge, retaliate
=> punish, penalize, penalise
Sense 4
settle, get back
=> contend, fight, struggle
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb get-back
2 of 4 senses of get back
Sense 1
return, go back, get back, come back
=> resurrect, rise, uprise
=> revisit
=> trace, retrace
=> backtrack, turn back, double back
=> cut back, flash back
=> home
=> go home, head home
=> return
=> boomerang
=> bounce
Sense 3
get even, get back
=> pay back, pay off, get, fix
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb get-back
4 senses of get back
Sense 1
return, go back, get back, come back
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
win back, get back
=> get, acquire
Sense 3
get even, get back
=> revenge, avenge, retaliate
Sense 4
settle, get back
=> contend, fight, struggle
'Cause To' of verb get-back
Derived Forms of verb get-back
Domain of verb get-back
Domain Terms of verb get-back
Familiarity of verb get-back
get back used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb get-back
4 senses of get back
Sense 1
return, go back, get back, come back
EX: The children get back to the playground
Sense 2
win back, get back
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
get even, get back
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
settle, get back
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb get-back
4 senses of get back
Sense 1
return, go back, get back, come back
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 2
win back, get back
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 3
get even, get back
> revenge, avenge, retaliate
=> get even, get back
Sense 4
settle, get back
> contend, fight, struggle
=> bear down
=> fistfight
=> join battle
=> tug
=> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
=> settle, get back
=> fight back
=> battle, combat
=> war
=> attack, assail
=> duel
=> joust
=> chicken-fight, chickenfight
=> tourney
=> feud
=> skirmish
=> bandy
=> fence
=> box
=> spar
=> scuffle, tussle
=> wrestle
=> engage, wage
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb get-back
Sense 1
return, go back, get back, come back
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 2
win back, get back
=> get, acquire
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Sense 3
get even, get back
=> revenge, avenge, retaliate
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Sense 4
settle, get back
=> contend, fight, struggle
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