GET BACK Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

get back

verb

Definition of get back

as in to retrieve

to get again in one's possession the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog

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Recent Examples of get back As Sky tried to get back in the ring, Morgan nailed her with a headscissors DDT. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 With the feds having signed off, the thinking around CBS was that the sports division could get back to working to hash out a renewal with the NFL. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026 Around five years to get back to its high point, before the 2008 financial crisis wiped it out again. — HubSpot, 31 July 2026 To celebrate what makes a show like this — real collaboration, real joy, real family, falling down and getting back up. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for get back

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The three separate incidents occurred when Anthropic was evaluating the capabilities of the three models using a fictional scenario to retrieve hidden information from a different machine on a network.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Arriola also testified that King had video cameras in his office which King planned to have his wife retrieve after the first indictment in 2025.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

Definition of retrieve

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The market is no longer simply questioning whether Clover can regain momentum or whether the banking technology business can return to growth.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The midfielder would have an opportunity to regain momentum in his career while any transfer fee would help to balance Tottenham’s spending this summer.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of regain

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None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Any attempt to recapture their childhoods was quickly quashed, however, as exemplified by Dee getting her hair caught in a drop-tower ride and Dennis vomiting right next to her.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

Definition of recapture

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Wells, 18, disappeared July 4 during a boat trip with three friends to Horn Island in Jackson, Mississippi, and his body was recovered two days later by a National Park Service ranger on a nearby island.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Investigators recovered numerous pieces of evidence, including pieces of clothing, fired shell casings, DNA swabs and bullet fragments collected from Cherry’s body, according to the report.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

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