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get back

verb

  1. tr to recover or retrieve
  2. introften foll byto to return, esp to a former position or activity

    let's get back to the original question

  3. intrfoll byat to retaliate (against); wreak vengeance (on)
  4. get one's own back informal.
    to obtain one's revenge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"I had no idea it happened until I got back to the locker room and they showed me the video of my pops," said Haliburton.

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“When I got back from Vietnam, I had no place to go,” Shirreffs said.

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A Spanish operator said power restoration would take up to 10 hours, while Portugal's power firm REN said getting back to full power could take up to a week.

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The Kings won the first two games in the best-of-seven series so Edmonton desperately needed a victory at home to get back in the series.

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The Oilers, desperate to get back in the series, benched goalie Stuart Skinner, who allowed 11 goals in the first two games, in favor of Calvin Pickard.

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