get (one's) own back
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To take or get revenge upon a person or group of people, especially as a means of recompense or personal satisfaction for a slight or previous setback; to avenge oneself. Jonathan bullied me mercilessly at school, but I eventually got my own back when I bought out his father's business and became his boss. Our ground troops may have been outgunned by the insurgents, but we'll get our own back when we begin the airstrikes.
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get your own back
BRITISH, INFORMALCOMMON If you get your own back on someone, you take revenge on them because of something that they have done to you. You're only interested in getting your own back on Terence. I was bullied at school and I want to get my own back.
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get your own back
take action in retaliation for a wrongdoing or insult. British informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
get your ˈown back (on somebody)
(informal) do something to somebody in return for harm they have done to you; get revenge: I got my own back by writing a very rude article about him in the newspaper.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017