get (your) own back

to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you.

Fiona had deliberately stopped me getting that job and I was determined to get my own back.

She got her own back on her unfaithful husband by throwing a pot of red paint over his brand new car. (often + on)

• hand that rocks the cradle .
• hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
• hand-to-mouth
• hand to on a plate
• hand to on a platter
• put something on the map
• put something on the shelf
• put something out of action
• put something out of its misery
• put something out of mind
• put something out of misery
• put something out of their misery
• put something out of your mind
• put something over the top
• put something right
• put something through
• put something through paces
• put something through their paces
• put something to bed
• put something to sleep
• put something to the test
• put something toward
• put something toward something
• put something under the microscope
• put stick in two penn'orth