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  • verb intransitive Return to where one came from.
  • verb transitive to retrieve, to have an item returned.
  • verb transitive to do something to hurt or harm who has hurt or harmed you.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb take revenge or even out a score
  • verb recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
  • verb get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury

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synonyms (21)

Words with the same meaning

  1. ransom
  2. recapture
  3. reclaim
  4. recoup
  5. recover
  6. recruit
  7. recuperate
  8. redeem
  9. regain
  10. renovate
  11. reoccupy
  12. replevin
  13. replevy
  14. repossess
  15. restore
  16. resume
  17. retake
  18. retrieve
  19. revindicate
  20. revive
  21. take back

hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. acquire
  2. contend
  3. fight
  4. get
  5. struggle

forms (2)

Forms

  1. get back at
  2. get back to

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