get even

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

get even (third-person singular simple present gets even, present participle getting even, simple past got even, past participle (UK) got even or (US) gotten even)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To inflict trouble or harm on another, especially similar to that inflicted on oneself.
   • 2013, Clutch (lyrics and music), “Book, Saddle, & Go”:

     Pinkerton man, murdering bastard / I’m gonna get even, get even with you

Synonyms

• reciprocate, retaliate

See also

• taste of one's own medicine

Translations

get revenge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 算帳／算帐 (zh) (suànzhàng)

• Finnish: päästä tasoihin, tasoittaa (fi)
• French: se venger (fr), prendre sa revanche (fr), rendre la monnaie de sa pièce (fr)
• Italian: pareggiare i conti
• Japanese: 仕返しする (ja) (しかえしする, shikaeshi suru)
• Latin: hostiō
• Occitan: se venjar, se revenjar
• Russian: свести́ счёты pf (svestí sčóty), рассчита́ться (ru) pf (rassčitátʹsja), расквита́ться (ru) pf (raskvitátʹsja), поквита́ться (ru) pf (pokvitátʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: faigh do latha fhèin air
• Spanish: desquitarse (es)
• Thai: แก้แค้น (th) (gɛ̂ɛ-kɛ́ɛn), ล้างแค้น (th) (láang-kɛ́ɛn), เอาคืน (ao-kʉʉn), คิดบัญชี (th) (kít-ban-chii), เช็กบิล (chék-bin)
• Turkish: ödeşmek (tr)

References

• “get even”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.