GETS BACK Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

gets back

verb

present tense third-person singular of get back

as in retrieves

to get again in one's possession the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog

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Recent Examples of gets back Budd gets back into the race and Decker goes down with an injured thigh. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Her relieved All-Star owner gets extra rest and then gets back to work. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Then, after a short break, the action gets back underway with Lionel Messi’s Argentina facing Switzerland. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 For that reason, there’s a real shot that Pickens can still score 15-17 PPG while Lamb gets back to that 17 PPG range himself. — Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 Let’s put a pin in this one till AJ gets back. — Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026 Fast forward a few months, and Kerr said the team’s only priority is making sure Curry gets back to full health. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026 Regardless of when Traore gets back on the court, Miller says the emergence of Codie as a reliable presence off the bench will help the Longhorns, especially come tournament time. — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026 That gets back to that idea of politics. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets back

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In production, a model retrieves from a table no one can trace to a source, last refreshed at an unknown time, with no record of what transformed it.

— Leon Gordon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
When a processor requests data, the chip instantly converts CXL memory requests into DDR5 commands, retrieves the required information, and sends it back in real time.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

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Oh, there’s a pipe dream out there, all about a once-great player who recaptures the old magic, but that’s hardly the appropriate mood.

— Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
While not a full-fledged continuation of the fantastic action show Lycoris Recoil, this series of shorts recaptures the other half of the 2022 girls-with-guns series.

— Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025