get even (Meaning)
get even (v)
compensate; make the score equal
take revenge or even out a score
Synonyms & Antonyms of get even
Synonyms:
- correct
- recompense
- chastise
- get
- penalize
- chasten
- discipline
- repay
- scourge
- fix
- right
- compensate
- requite
- castigate
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
get even Sentence Examples
- I won't let him get even with me for that insult.
- The bully threatened to get even with the smaller boy.
- She vowed to get even with her ex-husband for cheating on her.
- The students planned to get even with the teacher who failed them.
- The rival companies were determined to get even with each other.
- The couple decided to get even by pulling a prank on their friends.
- The athlete was furious and vowed to get even with the opponent who injured him.
- The rejected suitor vowed to get even with the woman who turned him down.
- The jilted lover was desperate to get even with the person who broke her heart.
- The two criminals plotted to get even with the witness who put them in prison.
FAQs About the word get even
compensate; make the score equal, take revenge or even out a score
avenge, revenge, pay (back), redress,retaliate, venge, punish, correct, recompense, chastise
forgive, remit, pardon, forgive, remit, excuse, pardon, excuse,condone, condone
I won't let him get even with me for that insult.
The bully threatened to get even with the smaller boy.
She vowed to get even with her ex-husband for cheating on her.
The students planned to get even with the teacher who failed them.