get one's own back
Settle the score
To get one's own back is to take revenge or retaliate against someone who has wronged you: She was determined to get her own back after being passed over for promotion.
The phrase is more common in British than American English, where get back at serves the same purpose.
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- eye for an eyePunishment matching the offense
feud · hold a grudge · an axe to grind · satisfaction · retribution · counterattack · vindication · settling scores · settle the score · even the score · redress · tit for tat · taste of their own medicine · avenging · vendetta · have the last laugh · resentment · bitterness
get one's own backforgive
Cease to blame
let it go · turn the other cheek · forgive and forget · pardon · let bygones be bygones
get one's own backsubmit
Present for consideration
turn the other cheek · accept defeat · back down · yield · capitulate
gets, getting, gotten, ones, owning, owners, back, backs, backed