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2022-04-15 03:04
Revenge (oneself) (up)on (someone or something) phrase
If you revenge yourself up(on) someone/something, you hurt or cause harm to someone/something in return for something bad or wrong that they have done to you.
The terrorists revenged themselves on the government with a bomb attack.
He swore to revenge himself on his colleague, who stole his ideas and undermined him in front of the boss.
Evolutionary psychologists believe we are hard-wired for revenging ourselves on those who harmed us.
To treat someone badly in the same way they have treated you
To want to avenge
To act in retaliation against someone; to punish someone
Get revenge.
1. To pay or get money owed.
2. To retaliate against someone.
The verb "revenge" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.
