gets back at
Example Sentences
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So when he leaves home in the morning he is never sure they will be in the same place when he gets back at night.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
At first he doesn't accept her apology but, being the immature oaf that he is, Chris gets back at her by using her as human torpedo to destroy their gooey, disgusting alien target.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2022
When he gets back at the White House later on, she is sitting in his chair in the Oval Office.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
No one is to know until Captain Forrest gets back at the end of the campaign.
From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by Charles King
"I don't like that part," he gets back at the composer, "it sounds like 'Waiting at the Church.'"
From Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page
