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GET EVEN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compensate; make the score equal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "get even" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take revenge or even out a score
Example:
I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even
Synonyms:
get back; get even
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "get even" is one way to...):
avenge; retaliate; revenge (take revenge for a perceived wrong)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get even"):
fix; get; pay back; pay off (take vengeance on or get even)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP