get back

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	get back
he/she/it	gets back
present participle	getting back
past tense	got back
past participle	gotten back

1
intransitive to return to a place
It’s late, I ought to get back.
Dad always got back home in time for dinner.
get back from/to:
What time does Sara get back from work?
Synonyms and related words
To return, or to return something to a place
return
get back
go back
2
transitive to receive or have something again after a time when it was taken or lost
She left her briefcase on the train and she doesn’t know how to get it back.
Synonyms and related words
To get something back
win back
get back
recover
1. 2a
  if you get your money back, the money that you paid for something is given back to you
  Synonyms and related words
  To earn a particular amount of money
  generate
  get
  get back
3
transitive (get someone back) to do something to hurt or upset someone because they have done something to hurt or upset you
Synonyms and related words
To treat someone in the same bad way they treat you
retaliate
pay back
get back at
4
transitive (get something back) to make something return to the state or condition it was in before
It won’t take long for us to get things back the way they were.
Synonyms and related words
To change something
change
transform
make into
1. 4a
  intransitive to return to the state or condition you were in before
  get back to/in/into:
  I woke early and couldn’t get back to sleep.
  She needs to get back in control of her life.
  Synonyms and related words
  To become different
  transition
  change
  turn into
5
intransitive to start doing something again after not doing it for a period of time
get back to/into:
She was eager to get back to work after she had her baby.
A year after his band broke up, he wants to get back into music again.
Synonyms and related words
To do something again, or to start again
come back to
replay
repeat
6
always in imperativespokenused for telling someone to move away because they are in danger
Synonyms and related words
Ways of telling someone to go away
get out
clear out
beat it