as in retrieves
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 gets back
The Broncos kick off their season against a Bulls team that finished 7-6 but gets back quarterback Byrum Brown, who missed most of last season with a broken leg.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2025
This should be the moment UF gets back to its winning ways of a decade ago, tossing around a significantly less talented SEC foe.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2025
This should be the moment UF gets back to its winning ways of a decade ago, tossing around a significantly less talented SEC foe.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets back
Verb
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If the system retrieves academic papers, responses might become more formal.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Tamsin, matter-of-fact, pulls on her dress and retrieves her swimsuit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps one of them emerges as the prolific goalscorer that a Premier League title-winning Chelsea team likely needs, or perhaps Maresca can create a collective alchemy that recaptures the peculiar magic of that City team in 2020-21.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Gets back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20back. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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