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

“It gives us hope that we can build our town back and get back here.”

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They are third in the division and struggling to get back into the playoff picture.

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He was initially told that he wouldn’t get back the annual fee he had paid, but was eventually granted a refund.

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Liverpool took just 10 minutes to get back on level terms this time.

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It increasingly looks like Intel may need to be split up to get back on track.

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