get revenge on (someone or something)
get revenge on (someone or something)
To retaliate against a person, group, organization, etc., for a wrong done to oneself; to seek or exact vengeance against someone or something. Tiffany is always gossiping about me, so I got revenge on her by starting a nasty rumor that she was sleeping with one of our teachers. The team is looking to get revenge on their cross-town rivals for knocking them out of the state playoffs last season.
See also: get, on, revenge
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get revenge against (someone or something)
- avenge (oneself) against (someone or something)
- fortify (someone or something) against (something) with (something)
- get up against
- get up against (someone or something)
- clash
- clash against
- clash against (someone or something)
- against
- against (someone or something)