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get back
verb
(tr) to recover or retrieve
to return, esp to a former position or activity
let's get back to the original question
to retaliate (against); wreak vengeance (on)
informalto obtain one's revenge
Idioms and Phrases
Also get back to . Return to a person, place, or condition. For example, What time will you get back? or I hope he'll get back to the subject of this report . [c. 1600]
Recover something, as in When will I get this book back? [c. 1800]
Example Sentences
Then he got thrown out trying to get back to first after rounding the bag.
Although doctors recommended he stay at least overnight for observation, he insisted he felt fine and needed to get back to work.
Over 99% of the tax money the insurers pay comes from their Medi-Cal business, which means most of the state’s insurers get back almost all the tax they pay.
"So I try to really involve myself with the artist just so I can get back in the zone."
Josh Hubberman, 43, has been playing golf on and off since he was a child, but he didn’t get back into the sport until he went to a Swang meetup last year.
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