getback

See also: get back

English

Etymology

Deverbal from get back.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛtbæk/

Noun

getback (countable and uncountable, plural getbacks)

  1. An act of revenge.
    Coordinate term: payback
    • 2013, Brent D. Shaw, Bringing in the Sheaves: Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World, page 248:
      If the resource was general and valuable, elements of criminality and vengeful getbacks — 'I'll burn your crops' — were an ever-present threat.
    • 2022, Lux Miller, Aether:
      I ran from my parents' mistakes and the dark cloud that loomed over me from their petty games of getback.

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