get even

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. compensate;
make the score equal (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
equalize, equalise
• Derivationally related forms:
equalisation (for: equalise), equalization (for: equalize), equalizer (for: equalize)
• Hypernyms:
score, hit, tally, rack up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. take revenge or even out a score
- I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even
• Syn:
get back
• Hypernyms:
revenge, avenge, retaliate
• Hyponyms:
pay back, pay off, get, fix
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP