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词汇 get back
释义
Idiom
get back (to someone)
Theme: RESPONSE
to continue talking with someone (at a later time); to find out information and tell it to a person (at a later time).
I don't have the answer to that question right now. Let me find out and get back to you.Okay. Please try to get back early tomorrow.
Idiom
get back (at someone) and have back at someone
Theme: RECIPROCITY
to repay one for a bad deed; to get even (with someone). (Have back at someone is informal or folksy.)
Tom called me a jerk, but I'll get back at him.I don't know how I'll get back, but I will.Just wait. I'll have back at you!
Phr V
get back
gets, getting, got
American pp also gotten
get back
to return to a place after you have been somewhere else
What time did you get back last night?
often + to
By the time we got back to the hotel, Lydia had already left.
sometimes + from
The letter was at home waiting for me when I got back from work.
get back sth or get sth back
if you get something back, something that you had before is given to you again
I wouldn't lend him anything, you'll never get it back.
Get back!
(always an order) something that you say in order to tell someone to move away from something or someone, usually because there is a danger
Get back, Josh, or you'll get hurt!
get sb back
informal to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you
I want to get him back for embarrassing me yesterday in front of Robert.
phraseget back1. get back to return to a place after going somewhere else: We'll probably get back at about nine. I'm tired. We got back really late last night. SIMILAR TO: return2. get sth back to have something given back to you: I took pity on him and lent him $40. Well, he gets paid next Friday so I'll get it back on Saturday. Did you get your books back?get your money back (=a shop or company returns the money that you paid for something) If they cancel the show, will we get our money back?3. get sb back to do something to hurt or embarrass someone, in order to punish them for hurting or embarrassing you: His wife got him back by coolly advertising his Rolls Royce in the paper, and then selling it, for $100.+for Don't worry - I'll get her back for this! SIMILAR TO: payback4. get sb back to persuade a lover, wife, or husband who has left you to start having a relationship with you again: "Do you think she's trying to get him back?" asked Melissa, anxiously.5. get back! used to tell someone to move away from something or someone: Get back, he's got a gun! SIMILAR TO: keep back

get (someone's) back

To be willing and prepared to help or defend someone; to look out for someone in case they need assistance. Don't worry about those thugs, buddy. I'll get your back if they ever come bother you again. You can always rely on your parents to get your back.

get someone or something back

to receive someone or something back; to recover someone who had been taken away; to recover something that had been taken away. Beth finally got her car back from the service station. She got back her car.

get back (to someone) (on something)

Fig. to continue talking with someone (at a later time); to find out information and tell it to a person (at a later time). I don't have the answer to that question right now. Let me find out and get back to you. Okay. Please try to get back early tomorrow.

get back

1. 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]
2. Recover something, as in When will I get this book back? [c. 1800]

get back

v.
1. To have something returned to one's possession: I shouldn't have let the dog run away with the ball; now we'll never get it back. Don't give him that box; I'll never get back the books.
2. To return to some place, condition, or activity, or to someone's possession: How will we get back to the city if the road is closed? Let's get back to the subject that we were discussing earlier.
3. To return someone or something: I'll go with you if you can get me back to the office by 2:00. Please get the kids back by lunchtime.
4. To resume doing something: I'll get back to reading this book when my chores are done.
5. To renew a relationship with someone: The drummer got back with the jazz band after a short career as a violinist. A few days after their argument, Pat got back together with Chris.
6. To retaliate or punish someone in return for some wrongdoing: You may have won this fight, but I'll get you back tomorrow!
7. To respond or react to someone, especially in retaliation for some wrongdoing: She wrote a critical article about him, but he got back at her by ignoring it completely.
8. get back into To resume some regular activity, or renew an interest in something, after not having been involved with it for a period of time: I got back into bicycling after many years of doing nothing in my spare time but swim. They got back into rock music after losing interest in jazz.
9. get back to or get back with To make contact with someone or something at a later time: They said they would get back to me once they had decided whether or not they would buy my car. I have to leave right now, but I'll get back with you with a response after lunch.
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