GETTING BACK (AT) Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

getting back (at)

verb

present participle of get back (at)

as in giving back

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Relevance

Dissimilar Words

owing

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Verb

The attacks again raised the possibility that Gulf Arab states were retaliating against Iran without discussing it in public.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Brooks, a South Carolina congressman, was retaliating for a speech Sumner had given condemning slavery and personally insulting a relative of Brooks.

— Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

Definition of retaliating

Verb

After avenging his father’s murder, Kenji was forced to flee his country, carrying only his sword and his shame.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 July 2026
There’s a house on the property where Francis Ford Coppola filmed Vito Corleone avenging his mother’s death in The Godfather Part II, but Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were interested in a much older tale about Sicily—one of gods and mortals.

— Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 14 July 2026

Definition of avenging

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