take (one's) revenge
idiom
: to hurt someone in return for being hurt by that person
He swore to take (his) revenge on his enemies.
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Then his need to take revenge or go after the people who have wronged him overtakes him.
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2024
In Hill’s 1973 hit, Grier plays the titular ER nurse–slash–angel of vengeance looking to take revenge on the dealers and crooks and pimps who destroyed her younger sister’s life.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
For example, when asked to list the most common reasons why Sunni Arabs joined ISIS, a majority of peshmerga (51 percent) stated that a desire to take revenge on Baghdad for the repression of Sunni Arabs was an important motivator.
—Matthew Franklin Cancian, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2017
When his father disappears, John B. is left to find him, and, if needed, take revenge on whoever might have killed him.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 8 June 2024
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2024
In Hill’s 1973 hit, Grier plays the titular ER nurse–slash–angel of vengeance looking to take revenge on the dealers and crooks and pimps who destroyed her younger sister’s life.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
For example, when asked to list the most common reasons why Sunni Arabs joined ISIS, a majority of peshmerga (51 percent) stated that a desire to take revenge on Baghdad for the repression of Sunni Arabs was an important motivator.
—Matthew Franklin Cancian, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2017
When his father disappears, John B. is left to find him, and, if needed, take revenge on whoever might have killed him.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 8 June 2024
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