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Verb: get even  get ee-vun
  1. Compensate; make the score equal
    - equalize, equalise [Brit]
     
  2. Take revenge or even out a score
    "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even";
    - get back

Derived forms: gets even, got even, getting even

Type of: avenge, rack up, retaliate, revenge, score, tally