get back

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

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

Example Sentences

“As long as people are back here, life will slowly get back too.”

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Twice jilted, Rangers are putting out the notion that they might still get back together sometime in the future.

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“So we’re counting on a recalibration, getting back into the strike zone.”

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Williams, 25, is eager to get back onto the field on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens and show that he has moved on from his mistake.

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“I was pretty tired when I got back. I’m not a run-first quarterback, so it was a little different for me.”

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