phrasal verb · informal

get back together

UK/ɡet bæk təˈɡeðə(r)/US/ɡet bæk təˈɡeðər/get BACK TO·GETH·ER

speakingtask2

to resume a romantic relationship after breaking up

Examples

“They broke up last year but got back together in the summer.”

“Do you think they will ever get back together?”

“After months apart, they decided to get back together.”

Band 8 sentence

“After months apart, they decided to get back together and take things more slowly.”

Collocations

  • get back together with someone
  • hope to get back together

Word family

get back together verbgot back together verb (past)getting back together verb (gerund)

Common mistakes

get together→get back together

get back to together→get back together

Say it for a higher band

5reconcile→6get together again→7+get back together

Synonyms

reconcile

patch things up

Easily confused

get together

“We should get together for coffee this weekend.”

Related words

break the iceget on (well) (with)hit it offkeep in touchhead over heels (in love)two peas in a podsee eye to eyeon the same wavelength

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