Usually means: Repay harm with equivalent harm.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word get even:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. get even: Merriam-Webster
  2. get even: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. get even: Collins English Dictionary
  4. get even: Vocabulary.com
  5. get even: Wiktionary
  6. get even: Dictionary.com
  7. Get Even (TV series), Get Even (video game), Get Even: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. get even: Rhymezone
  9. get even: FreeDictionary.org
  10. get even: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. get even: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get even: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get even: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get even: Idioms

(Note: See get_evens as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (get even)

verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To inflict trouble or harm on another in return, typically the same as that inflicted on oneself.

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