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)

(idiomatic) To get revenge.
- 2013, Clutch (lyrics and music), “Book, Saddle, & Go”:
  Pinkerton man, murdering bastard / I’m gonna get even, get even with you

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.

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