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To get revenge

To deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone)

Verb

To get revenge

give as good as one gets

take reprisals

give someone their comeuppance

let someone see how it feels

give someone their just deserts

give someone a taste of their own medicine

demand an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

give someone a dose of their own medicine

requite

venge

settle the score with

take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

get revenge

take an eye for an eye

retaliate against

redress

take reprisals against

settle a score with

give someone a Roland for an Oliver

return the compliment

pay someone back in their own coin

pay someone back in his

square accounts

make restitution

get your own back for

get even with someone for

take an eye for an eye for

give as good as you get

settle someone's hash

be avenged

bewreak

take satisfaction for

defend oneself against

strike back at

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“Johnny wanted to get even with the judge for failing to uphold justice.”

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To deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone)

put someone's nose out of joint

give someone the hump

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

drive round the twist

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

rub you up the wrong way

set one's teeth on edge

get up someone's nose

drive you up the wall

victimize^US

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

terrorize^US

rattle someone's cage

victimise^UK

terrorise^UK

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

tread on someone's toes

cause offense

put down

be disagreeable

hurt somebody's feelings

put someone off their stroke

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

rattle one's cage

throw into tizzy

give a bad time

be a pain in the neck

mix up

be a thorn in someone's side

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

breathe down someone's neck

carp at

get on someone's case

agonize^US

agonise^UK

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

scandalize^US

appal^UK

demoralize^US

appall^US

scandalise^UK

demoralise^UK

weigh heavily on someone's mind

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

weigh heavily on one's mind

criticize^US

criticise^UK

be a thorn in someone's flesh

dull

mess with someone's head

belabour^UK

breath down someone's neck

belabor^US

bring pressure to bear on

be a weight on one's mind

run up the wrong way

sneer

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

push someon's buttons

cause inconvenience to

be the victim of

get on someone's back

hiss

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

make severe demands on

put a strain on

tire out

take aback

create difficulties for

drive you out of your mind

drive you off your head

drive you to distraction

make somebody's blood boil

drive you round the twist

make you see red

make livid

drive out of mind

drive you round the bend

give the cold shoulder

exhaust someone's patience

tyrannize^US

make someone's stomach rise

be a weight on someone's mind

tyrannise^UK

cause someone difficulty

satirize^US

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

knock the stuffing out of

harsh someone's mellow

make one's heart bleed

give someone the blues

make someone's heart bleed

make sad

reduce to tears

knock sideways

bring tears to your eyes

keep under

dash hopes

break someone's spirit

throw cold water on

break someone's heart

make someone go out of his way

satirise^UK

have an adverse effect on

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