get back tosomeone
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
C1
totalkto someone again, usually on thephone, inorderto give them someinformationor because you were notabletospeakto them before:
I'll get back to youlaterwith thosefigures.
to answer someone
- answer"Thank you", she answered.
- replyThe man replied that something was missing.
- respondWe aim to respond to all enquiries within five working days.
- reactHe reacted positively to the proposal.
- get back toI'll look into it and get back to you.
- explain"What happened?" she asked. - "There's no time to explain!" he said.
Answering & responding
- acknowledgment
- affirmative
- affirmatively
- answer
- answer (someone) back
- clap
- clap back
- clapback
- counter
- counterblast
- cricketsidiom
- defensively
- field
- give
- knob
- non-responsive
- respondent
- RSVP
- thank you
- whataboutism