get back[verb]Synonyms: recover, recoup, recruit, regain, repossess, retrieve
English Thesaurus: return, go back, go home, come back, get back, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
get back phrasal verb (
see also get)
1. RETURN to return to a place:
I’ll talk to you when I get back.get back to He got back to the office just before lunchtime.2. DO SOMETHING AGAIN to start doing something again or talking about something again
get back to Let’s get back to the main point of the discussion. Well, I must get back to work.get back into Have you ever thought about getting back into teaching?3. BE IN A STATE AGAIN to change to a previous state or condition again
get back to Life was beginning to get back to normal. I couldn’t get back to sleep.get back together Do you think they’ll get back together (=start having a relationship again)?4. GET SOMETHING AGAIN get something ↔ back to get something again after you have lost it or someone else has taken it:
Did you get your books back?5. PUNISH SOMEBODY get somebody back informal to do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you
get somebody back for I’ll get you back for this! [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
return to go back or come back to a place where you were before.
Return sounds more formal than
go back or
come back, and is more commonly used in written English:
She returned to the hotel hoping to find a message. Alastair returned from the office late that night. On Friday, I returned home around six o'clock.go back to go to the place where you were before, or to the place where you usually live:
It’s cold out here – shall we go back inside? When are you going back to Japan?go home to go to your home again, or to the country where you were born, after you have been away from it:
I did a bit of shopping and then went home. Are you going home to Hong Kong when the course finishes?come back to come to the place where you are again, after going away from it:
I’ll be away for two days – coming back on Thursday night. He’s just come back from a vacation in Miami.get back to arrive somewhere where you were before, especially your home or the place where you are staying:
We got back at about 9 o'clock. She couldn’t wait to get back to London.turn back to turn around and go back in the direction you came from:
We took the wrong road and had to turn back. He ordered the soldiers to turn back and march south.profit money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid:
Our profits are down this year. The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.earnings the profit that a company makes:
The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results. Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.turnover the amount of business done during a particular period:
The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200 bn.takings the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc:
He counted the night’s takings. This week’s takings are up on last week’s.interest money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there:
They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3000. The money is still earning interest in your account.dividend a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company:
Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share. The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲