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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Get your own back on

Hi

I want to know if the idiom "get one's own back on someone/something" common in AmE? I am aware that BrE speakers use it often.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom I want to know if the idiom "get one's own back on someone/something" common in AmE? I speak AmE and not only have I never heard it, but I have no idea what it means!

— CalifJim

  • Mr.
  • Tom I want to know if the idiom "get one's own back on someone/something" common in AmE?
  • I speak AmE and not only have I never heard it, but I have no idea what it means!
  • We have "Put your back into it", but that means "Exert all your (physical) effort".
  • I doubt that it involves the idea found in the idiom you posted.
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Mr. TomI want to know if the idiom "get one's own back on someone/something" common in AmE?
I speak AmE and not only have I never heard it, but I have no idea what it means!

We have "Put your back into it", but that means "Exert all your (physical) effort". I doubt that it involves the idea found in the idiom you posted.

CJ
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The idiom "turn one's back on someone" is common. But I've never heard the idiom as you posted it.
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Get your own back = Get revenge, retaliate, get payback.
I just asked an American if she understood the phrase, and got a blank look. I had no idea that it isn't used in AmE. (I wonder how often I say things that nobody around me understands. Probably far more often than I realize.
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Blue JayI wonder how often I say things that nobody around me understands.
Could you say that a different way? I didn't quite understand it.
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CalifJimCould you say that a different way? I didn't quite understand it.
Oi woonderr ew aafen oi sehz thehngs, en doan nohbardy noh waat oim sayun.
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Praably morr afen thehn oi reloize.
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