getting even

Questions about getting even

What does getting even mean?

getting even means "a reciprocal group action".

What is another word for getting even?

Close synonyms include return, paying back. 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 getting even a common word?

getting even is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.