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get back
Found in thesaurus: go, move, travel, locomote, acquire, get, retaliate, revenge, avenge, struggle, contend, fight
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get back
return
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Get Back
"Get Back" is a song recorded by the Beatles and written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Lennon-McCartney), originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was the Beatles' last album released just after the group split. The single version was later issued on the compilation albums 1967–1970, 20 Greatest Hits, Past Masters, and 1.
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get back
Verb
1. come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
(synonym) return, go back, come back
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) resurrect, rise, uprise
2. recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"
(synonym) win back
(hypernym) get, acquire
3. take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
(synonym) get even
(hypernym) revenge, avenge, retaliate
(hyponym) pay back, pay off, get, fix
4. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy"
(synonym) settle
(hypernym) fight, struggle
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get back
return We got back from London early yesterday afternoon.
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合浦珠还
he2 pu3 zhu1 huan2
The return of Hepu pearls.
Referring to something that has been lost, and now returns to its rightful owner - or a person who returns to his native place after years of wandering far from home.
The return of Hepu pearls.
Referring to something that has been lost, and now returns to its rightful owner - or a person who returns to his native place after years of wandering far from home.
