to get back
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1.6
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt bæk/
:
recuperar
- After searching for hours, we finally managed to get back the wallet he lost in the park.
- get back your money
- get back together
It was a moment where we got back some of what we had lost.
- It was a moment where we got back some of what we had lost.
Examples
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By the time Peppy and I got back home, my early euphoria had evaporated completely.
Fiction book (1990) -
But by the time you get back, they'll probably be dead.
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Maybe he could help you get back into medical school.
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I can get you back to him.
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Well, then, I will contact the agency and set up a meeting to see about getting your job back.
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I'll get your ring back, Daddy.
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It was a moment where we got back some of what we had lost.
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Yeah, I better get you on back to Darby's and get some hot food into you.
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Now put down that fairy wand and get back to work.
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I couldn't wait to get back to work, but then at work, I missed the kids and I feel like a bad parent because I'm not with them.
Synonyms
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1.0
Give something back to its owner or the place it came from
748
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
684
1.0
Return something to the person who owns it after you use or borrow it
436
1.7
Return someone or something to the place they came from
313
3.4
Return someone to their family or a thing to its owner
275
3.3
To get something back after losing it
226
3.7
To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball
123
1.5
To return something to the person or place it came from
110
5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
99
3.0
Get back something you had given, lent, or lost
77
4.1
To get back something you lost or gave away
33
3.4
Get back someone or something you lost
31
4.6
To take back control of a place after it was lost
5
5.5
To get something back after you lose or give it up
1
8.8
Give back something lost or stolen to its owner
Antonyms
How Recovered
Surface Forms
Morphology
get + back
The revenge sense is a metaphorical extension of the basic idea of 'return' in get + back (i.e. "give something back" or "return something"), so a learner who knows both words might infer some notion of reciprocation but not specifically 'take revenge'. The specific idiomatic use (often with 'get back at someone' or 'get someone back') requires pragmatic/colloquial knowledge and is not fully predictable from the constituents, so it is partially transparent.
Etymology
Get back The phrasal verb get back may come from the simple image of finding something that was lost and bringing it back to its owner, with get meaning 'to take' or 'receive'. That's why it means 'to recover' something you lost.