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 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 After a period of over-the-limit warming, the new strategy envisions getting back below the limit by ending fossil fuel use and developing some kind of way to suck industries' carbon dioxide out of the air. — ABC News, 2 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 Some of us may just be getting back in the swing of fantasy football and only remember the final games of last season and that’s where this article comes in. — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 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 Parents may be excited about getting back to a regular school routine, but their children may not feel the same way. — Nicky Zizaza, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Everybody Loves a Happy Ending was all about getting back together with Curt. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

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After the deputy attempted to block Reaves from retrieving the gun, a struggle ensued and Reaves wrestled the weapon away from Raczkowski.

— Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Police reviewed security footage of the incident and saw a man sitting in the business and then retrieving a gun when the outer front door of the business was opened, according to court documents.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of retrieving

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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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The invigorating Korean scrub offered in their jjimjilbang (Korean spa) always leaves me glowing, but only when applied pre-treatment—the heat of a sauna can irritate recovering skin.

— Anna Haines, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026
Papa, 63, had been recovering from leukemia and complications after a bone marrow transplant in March.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026