get back

Questions about get back

What does get back mean?

get back means "recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get back?

Close synonyms include win back, get even, settle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get back a common word?

get back is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.