'V at n' - Construction 11
| Name: | the get back at construction |
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| Description: | A person retaliates against someone or something. |
| Verbs: | get back, hit back, strike back |
| Example: | The fire was started to get back at a prisoner who had refused to take part in a food boycott. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative contact; direction; action |
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