get back

verb

got back; got back or gotten back; getting back; gets back

intransitive verb

1

: to come or go again to a person, place, or condition : return, revert

getting back to the main topic of the lecture

2

: to gain revenge : retaliate

—usually used with at

transitive verb

: to regain possession of : recover

Synonyms

• re-collect
• reacquire
• recapture
• reclaim
• recoup
• recover
• regain
• repossess
• retake
• retrieve

Examples of get back in a Sentence

the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog

Recent Examples on the Web

Finally, a friend got back to me with a tentative lead. —Literary Hub, 26 June 2025

Production teams can then quickly get back on track. —Andreas Eschbach, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

Re/Done is getting back to its roots in a new Summer 2025 campaign featuring Alessandra Ambrosio. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 June 2025

Everybody’s got practice facilities and the code to get back in. —Tony Jones, New York Times, 25 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for get back

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback

Kids Definition

get back

verb

1

: to return to a person, place, or condition

getting back to our first topic

2

: to get revenge

get back at him for the insult

3

: to regain possession of