[Verb]  | "get back" 


1: to come or go again to a person, place, or condition : return, revert

2: to gain revenge : retaliate —usually used with at

3: to regain possession of : recover


Origin: 1605 ;

[Idiom]  | "get back at (someone)" 


1: to do something bad or unpleasant to (someone who has treated one badly or unfairly)

[Idiom]  | "get back to" 


1: to return to (a place) after going away

2: to return to (an activity, condition, etc.)

3: to talk to or write to (someone) at a later time in order to give more information, answer a question, etc.

[Idiom]  | "get/go back to nature" 


1: to spend time living in a simple way without modern machines, electricity, etc.

[Idiom]  | "get/go back to (the) basics" 


1: to return to a simpler way of doing something or thinking about something

[Idiom]  | "get one's back up" 


1: to become angry or annoyed and want to fight or argue

[Idiom]  | "get one's own back" 


1: to do something bad or unpleasant to someone who has treated one badly or unfairly

[Idiom]  | "get the monkey off one's back" 


1: to remove or solve a problem that has been difficult to get rid of or solve : to get rid of a problem or situation that makes one unhappy and that lasts for a long time

[Idiom]  | "get your ass back here" 


1: —used as an impolite way to tell someone to come back immediately

[Idiomatic phrase]  | "get one's life back together" 


1: to begin living in a normal way after suffering loss, hardship, etc.


Origin: 1971 ;

[Verb]  | "get back" 


1: to get again in one's possession;


  * e.g., " ... the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog "



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[Verb]  | "get back (at)" 


1: as in retaliate, avenge;




 [ "get back" ]

1: when a gang member gets shot and his homies retaliate by shooting a rival gang member back

  * e.g.,  ... casper:"aye fool the fools from 18st shot droopy  

 [ "get back" ]

1: the prison term used to describe the action that happens from the smell when you approach an inmates cell

  * e.g.,  ... dave: why are your eyes watering? 

 [ "get back" ]

1: Get back is when your bf cheats on you, but you stay with him anyway,but you don't forgive and you can't forget, so you 'get back' at him.

  * e.g.,  ... "Get back isn't cheating, it's get back.He did it first!" 


 [ "get back" ]

2:  This is how it's done: you tell the guy you wanna fuck (Sancho) that your bf cheated on you, so you wanna get back at him, but you still want to be with your boyfriend and you are just interested in sex, but nobody can ever know, so he must be discreet. Sancho will agree, cuz guys love sex, and they will do it under any circumstances, for any reason. You have now found 'the other man'.Enjoy fucking him for months, possibly years, behind your boyfriend's back, all the while bf never suspects a thing because HE is the cheater, not sweet little you.Get back sex is great, cuz it's forbidden,vengeful, and gives you variety, which, trust me, will give you multiple orgasms like never before.

 [ "get back to getting back" ]

1: To resume doing something that you were previously doing and would rather be doing.

  * e.g.,  ... "Biery ill let ya get back to getting back." Biery Valery winks back at Dimitri as he leaves the bathroom to his 3 fine foxy females. 

 [ "Get Back" ]

1: When so one does something foul or disrespectful to you so you retaliate

  * e.g.,  ... Buddy smash my girl so I had to GET BACK 

 [ "get-back" ]

1: A Juke joint, an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.

  * e.g.,  ... I’m just a Delta blues singer that plays for get-backs, Saturday night balls and street-corner pennies. 

 [ "Get back" ]

1: Used when something sudden occurs or is happening.

  * e.g.,  ... Get back...look at that gash!!! 


 [ "Get back" ]

2: Expression indicating that there is some gash nearby.

  * e.g.,  ... (something mad happens) GET BACK! 


 [ "Get back" ]

3: Used if someone does something considered odd/amusing/crazy etc

 [ "get back on the horse" ]

1: Def. 1 (verb) To attempt the same challenging action after failure. Apparently derived from an old adage: "You have to get back on the horse that threw you."

  * e.g.,  ... Def. 1 - I know you burned the turkey trying to cook Thanksgiving dinner, but you can't let that stop you if you really want to become a chef. You'll just have to get back on the horse and try cooking it again. 


 [ "get back on the horse" ]

2: Def. 2 (verb) To get back into a habit. Traditionally this would refer to a good habit, but sarcastically might refer to a bad habit or addiction. Possible confusion with the phrase "on the sauce".

  * e.g.,  ... Def. 2 - I'd been trying to do 30 minutes of exercise every day, but my work schedule eventually got so busy I could never make it to the gym. Things have calmed down quite a bit recently though and I keep meaning to get back on the horse and go work out again. 

 [ "Get back in the kitchen" ]

1: An extremely sexist phrase said in Batman Beyond, and then used in several internet videos.

  * e.g.,  ... Man: Oh yes Mr. Wallace, the transfer will be made right away. 

 [ "get back to work" ]

1: when a slave masters tell your nigga ass to start getting in them fields before they give yo wife backshots.

  * e.g.,  ... Master: get back to work 

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