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Meanings of getting even in English

Portuguese
retribuição
Spanish
contraataque

A reciprocal group action.

        retribuição
        Usage of getting even in English
        1
        Visiting the command tent meant, well, getting even closer to Commander Ullen.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        2
        He was getting even sicker of the impulse to respond in kind.
        Johannes cabal the necromancer
        3
        With great, huge stars, though, getting even a little hotter is troublesome.
        The Gods Themselves
        4
        Just think-hesaved me from getting even a scratch or a bruise.
        His Heart's Queen
        5
        Old Mr. Toad was getting even with Peter for laughing at him.
        The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad
        6
        For one thing, these Sicilians have a nasty habit of getting even.
        Tell me, pretty maiden
        7
        It was, the doctor said, Kate's unconscious way of getting even with us.
        Harvest Home
        8
        Instead of finding answers, the situation was getting even more complicated.
        Truths unveiled
        9
        The short story is that Firefox 3 is getting even faster.
        Wired
        10
        That was their way of getting even for a wrong done in 1710!
        Ghosts
        11
        The old spirit was that of getting even with the wrongdoer.
        Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
        12
        It started out weird and is getting even weirder as it goes along.
        Kafka on the Shore
        13
        That is only getting even with your opponent in brute fashion.
        The Fourth Watch
        14
        But Clinton was getting even further ahead of herself than that.
        Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
        15
        Had the idea of getting even with G. robbed her of her senses?
        Ghosts
        16
        If that was any indication, the thing was getting even nastier.
        Spiral
        This collocation consists of:
        Translations for getting even
        Portuguese
        retribuição
        Getting even through the time
        Getting even across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        Ireland
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common