get even (Meaning)
get even (v)
compensate; make the score equal
take revenge or even out a score
Synonyms & Antonyms of get even
Synonyms:
- castigate
- compensate
- fix
- recompense
- discipline
- repay
- chasten
- chastise
- scourge
- get
- requite
- right
- correct
- penalize
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
revenge,avenge,retaliate, pay (back), punish, venge, redress, castigate, compensate, fix
forgive, excuse, forgive, remit, pardon, pardon, remit, excuse, absolve, 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.