revenge oneself on
revenge (oneself) (up)on (someone or something)
To retaliate against another for a wrong done to oneself; to seek or exact revenge against someone. Tiffany is always gossiping about me, so I revenged myself on her by starting a nasty rumor about her relationship with one of our teachers. I see the growth of this extremist movement as largely being citizens revenging themselves upon the established government, which they feel has betrayed or abandoned them.
See also: revenge
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
revenge oneself (up)on someone or something
to retaliate against someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) There is no need for you to revenge yourself upon Walter. It was an accident. She did not know how she would revenge herself on Joe, but she knew she would.
See also: on, revenge
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- get revenge against (someone or something)
- get revenge on (someone or something)
- avenge (oneself) against (someone or something)
- get up against
- get up against (someone or something)
- clash
- clash against
- clash against (someone or something)
- against
- against (someone or something)