get back
verb
got back; got back or gotten back; getting back; gets back
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: to gain revenge : retaliate
—usually used with at
: to regain possession of : recover
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Examples of get back in a Sentence
the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog
Recent Examples on the Web
But one day, your old pal Wade is going to ask you to get back in the saddle again.
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
Arab regimes will survive, anger will fade or be redirected to other issues, and, in a few months, Washington can get back to the important business of Israeli-Saudi normalization.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
Arab regimes will survive, anger will fade or be redirected to other issues, and, in a few months, Washington can get back to the important business of Israeli-Saudi normalization.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Get back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20back. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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