get even with
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English Dictionaryget even with sb INFORMALto do something equally bad to someone who has done something bad to you [TahlilGaran] Advanced Learner's Dictionary ▲
Idiomsget even withget even (with (someone))to punish someone who did something to you.
She wants to get even with the guy who hit her with the ball.Related vocabulary:
settle a score,
stick it to someone [informal]if you get even with someone who has done something bad to you, you do something bad to them. Vinnie's a spiteful kind of guy. Who knows what he might think up to get even. He swore he'd get even with Lee for humiliating him. (often +
with)
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get even with someoneget even (with (someone))to punish someone who did something to you. She wants to get even with the guy who hit her with the ball.Related vocabulary:
settle a score,
stick it to someone [informal]if you get even with someone who has done something bad to you, you do something bad to them. Vinnie's a spiteful kind of guy. Who knows what he might think up to get even. He swore he'd get even with Lee for humiliating him. (often +
with)
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get even with someoneto get revenge on someone
My sister wants to get even with her friend for being late for the concert.
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