take vengeance
Example Sentences
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The Army did not reveal the awarding of the medal until he was released, since it feared his captors would take vengeance on learning of it.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
Peck’s documentary, he explains that he didn’t see Tom as a hero because he refused “to take vengeance into his own hands.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2017
Watching Brady take vengeance on the league office by way of New England’s opponents has been one of the few compelling plots thus far.
From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2016
The second of those challenges, by Sidwell in the 87th minute, gave Kranjcar the chance to take vengeance.
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014
While these contests were still pending, both in the civil and criminal cases, as well as in that for divorce brought by Francesca, the wife, this same Franceschini schemed to take vengeance upon the abovesaid.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
