ALL meanings of get even
e·ven
G g - intransitive verb+adjective get even revenge 1
- adjective get even level; flat; without surface irregularities; smooth: an even road. 1
- adjective get even on the same level; in the same plane or line; parallel: even with the ground. 1
- adjective get even free from variations or fluctuations; regular: even motion. 1
- adjective get even uniform in action, character, or quality: to hold an even course. 1
- adjective get even equal in measure or quantity: Add even amounts of oil and vinegar. 1
- adjective get even divisible by two, as a number (opposed to odd). 1
- adjective get even denoted by such a number: the even pages of a book. 1
- adjective get even exactly expressible in integers, or in tens, hundreds, etc., without fractional parts: an even seven miles. 1
- adjective get even Mathematics. (of a function) having a sign that remains the same when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time. 1
- adjective get even equally balanced or divided; equal: Check to see if the scales are even. 1
- adjective get even leaving no balance of debt on either side; square: We will not be even until I can repay him for saving my life. 1
- adjective get even calm; placid; not easily excited or angered: an even temper. 1
- adjective get even equitable, impartial, or fair: an even bargain. 1
- adverb get even evenly: The road ran even over the fields. 1
- adverb get even still; yet (used to emphasize a comparative): even more suitable. 1
- adverb get even (used to suggest that something mentioned as a possibility constitutes an extreme case or an unlikely instance): Even the slightest noise disturbs him. Even if he attends, he may not participate. 1
- adverb get even just (used to emphasize occurrence, coincidence, or simultaneousness of occurrences): Even as he lay dying, they argued over his estate. 1
- adverb get even fully or quite: even to death. 1
- adverb get even indeed (used as an intensive for stressing the identity or truth of something): He is willing, even eager, to do it. 1
- adverb get even exactly or precisely: It was even so. 1
- verb with object get even to make even; level; smooth (sometimes followed by out): to even a board with a plane. 1
- verb with object get even to place in an even state as to claim or obligation; balance (often followed by up): to even up accounts. 1
- verb without object get even to become even: The odds evened before the race. 1
- idioms get even break even, to have one's profits equal one's losses; neither gain nor lose: The company barely broke even last year. 1
- idioms get even get even, to be revenged; retaliate: He vowed to get even for the insult. 1
- verb get even (Idiomatic) To get revenge. 0
- phrase get even If you say that you are going to get even with someone, you mean that you are going to cause them the same amount of harm or annoyance as they have caused you. 0
- noun get even to exact revenge (on); settle accounts (with) 0