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get back

British  

verb

  1. (tr) to recover or retrieve

  2. to return, esp to a former position or activity

    let's get back to the original question

  3. to retaliate (against); wreak vengeance (on)

  4. informal to obtain one's revenge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
get back Idioms  

  1. Also get back to . Return to a person, place, or condition. For example, What time will you get back? or I hope he'll get back to the subject of this report . [c. 1600]

  2. Recover something, as in When will I get this book back? [c. 1800]

Example Sentences

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Within days, the UK's biggest concert promoter Simon Moran had put an offer on the table: Get back together, and we can sell out 30 arenas.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Get back to winning and get back to feel good and being confident.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

‘Hey, get back. Get back to help these boys out.’

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Get back to work, our nostalgia-obsessed world told the baggy-jean-wearing, platinum-blond-highlighted pop superstars who consumed our culture and sold tens of millions of albums two decades ago.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

“I’m only going to say this once, demigods. Get back in the maze now. Before it’s too late.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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