getting back at
Returning the favor
Getting back at means retaliating or seeking revenge against someone who wronged you: She's just getting back at him for what he said at dinner.
The phrase implies a deliberate, often petty response to a perceived slight rather than formal justice or proportional retaliation.
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- sweet revengeGratifying retaliation
- feudsProlonged bitter conflicts
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
retribution · reprisal · vengeance · cold dish · sabotage · pranking · taste of their own medicine · spite · tit for tat · anger · vindictiveness · grievances · score to settle · disputes · settling scores · comeuppance · resentment · holding a grudge
getting back atforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
pardoning · letting go · excusing · reconciling · absolving
getting back atletting bygones be bygones
Pardoning previous conflicts
forgiving and forgetting · rising above · wishing well · blessing · forbearing
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