GETTING BACK Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

getting back

verb

present participle of get back

as in retrieving

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 getting back Another plan for 2027 is Sanuk getting back into brick-and-mortar. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Both Seeman and Hill will sit out immediately without pay before getting back on the field. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Allen has maintained his Duke roots, getting back to Durham most summers and speaking about once a month with his former coach, Mike Krzyzewski. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026 And while LeBron meets his new teammates and settles into Philadelphia this week, his son is getting back to work with the Lakers. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 The Europa League will test Milan’s depth, which could benefit Musah, a 2022 World Cup starter who has recently shown flashes of getting back to his best. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Isaacman has sought to give NASA’s deep-space exploration program a singular focus on getting back to the Moon and establishing a settlement there. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026 Little Rock police spokesman Mark Edwards said the officer who was chasing Shelton did not follow him south in the northbound lanes, instead getting back on the interstate heading south in the southbound lanes. — Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026 Still, cooking is the first and only thing that’s given Tiedemann purpose, so the better option seems to be throwing up a middle finger and getting back to work. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

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Text messages indicate Moore’s representative had initiated the process of retrieving his belongings in the hours after his arrest, and the school was quick to oblige.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Research from Bartholdi and Hackman found that most order-picking time goes to movement and searching—traveling alone accounts for about 55%—while only around 10% is spent actually retrieving the item.

— Ben Hussey, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of retrieving

Verb

New London officials are eagerly endorsing Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ proposal as a way to draw some of the thousands of new employees being hired by nearby Electric Boat while recapturing a stretch of attractive waterfront at the marina.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
As opposed to infantile regression, the oceanic feeling can also be understood as a means of recapturing a repressed sense of relation, connection, affinities.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of recapturing

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Nepal is still recovering from a devastating flood that swept through the mountainous Nepal-China border region in August, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and thousands missing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Wide receiver Rashee Rice suffered a hamstring injury in Week 4, and left tackle Josh Simmons is still recovering from his preseason back injury.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026