get back at
Return the harm
To get back at someone is to take revenge or retaliate for a perceived wrong: She got back at him by telling everyone his secret.
The phrase implies a personal score being settled rather than formal justice—often petty or spiteful in nature.
He's just trying to get back at me for what I said.
- get evenExact reciprocal harm
- retaliateRespond to injury alike
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- requiteReturn equivalent for
- even the scoreBalance a rivalry
settle a score · revenge · taste of their own medicine · score-settling · reprisal · comeuppance · redress · tit-for-tat · vendetta · hold a grudge · grudge · repay · eye for an eye · counterattack · vindicate · vengeance · backstab · retribution
- turn the tablesrevenge, payback, comeback, retaliation, counterattack
get back atforgive
Cease to blame
pardon · let go · turn the other cheek · absolve · reconcile
get back atturn a blind eye
Deliberately ignore something obvious
suffer in silence · grin and bear it · roll over · take it on the chin · accept
back, forget, background, backed, gets, backer, backs, forgetting, forgets