phrasal verb · neutral
get back
UK/ɡet bæk/US/ɡɛt bæk/GET·back
speakingtask2
to return to a place or to recover something that was lost
Examples
“I got back to Hanoi late on Sunday.”
“She finally got her phone back after two weeks.”
“After the break, we need to get back on track with the project.”
Band 8 sentence
“After living abroad for three years, I finally got back to my hometown and felt strangely nostalgic.”
Collocations
- get back to (someone)
- get something back
- get back home / get back to work
Word family
get back (to) phrasal verbgetting back gerund / participlegot back past simple
Common mistakes
I got back my phone.→I got my phone back.
I got back to Hanoi yesterday.→I got back yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5return→6come back→7+get back
Synonyms
return
come back
Easily confused
come back
“She came back from London last night.”
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