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
No Hands and No Knees Means a Perfect Score
To perform the test, researchers asked each participant to sit on the floor with their legs crossed in front of them and then get back up, using as little support as possible.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 25 June 2025
The faster the processing of returns, the faster those products get back into the marketplace to be sold.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Kemp then gets back into the driver’s seat and was instructed by a uniformed Chicago police sergeant to turn right on Monroe and head westbound away from the protesters.
—Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
But Ed would pop his head in, listen and get back to work.
—Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 25 June 2025
The faster the processing of returns, the faster those products get back into the marketplace to be sold.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Kemp then gets back into the driver’s seat and was instructed by a uniformed Chicago police sergeant to turn right on Monroe and head westbound away from the protesters.
—Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
But Ed would pop his head in, listen and get back to work.
—Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get back
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Pictures from the Instagram video where the camera was retrieved after 10 years in the cave.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Jordan retrieved it as authorities watched, this time undetected.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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By developing their washing techniques in Miami, brands regain control of their designs and can take their recipes to any vendor in any country with technological capabilities.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
1 July 2025
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Trying to regain normalcy, Ukraine is back in the game.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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But Williams previously said that recapturing the closer’s role didn’t matter to him.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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Hartford Courant Thomas, 32, has been trying to recapture his game and, like all of the top golfers in the world, trying to approach the outrageously high bar set by Scheffler, who has been No. 1 in the world for more than 100 weeks.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2025
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Their multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners and therapists have the knowledge and experience to support clients to cope, recover, and break free from mental illness.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Police recovered the keys to the SUV in the 600 block of Burr, court records state.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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“Get back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20back. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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