get one's own back
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get one's own back
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From get someone's back.
verb gets one's own back · getting one's own back · got one's own back · gotten one's own back
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To avenge oneself.
When he spurns her, Julia is outraged to hear it is because she did not measure up to his secret list of 10 bullet-pointed attributes for an ideal bride. To get her own back, she invites her best friend, penniless clergyman’s daughter Selina Dalton (Freida Pinto), up to town to ensnare Malcolm, by f
Similar: avenge, even the score, get back at, get one's own back, retaliate, settle the score, take revenge, tar out
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