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Free sign upThe phrase "get retribution" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe someone who is seeking revenge or punishment for a wrong that has been done to them. For example, "Tom was determined to get retribution for the wrongs he suffered at the hands of his former employer."
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"They had plenty of chances to get retribution.
So we don't get retribution, deterrence or rehabilitation but, instead, inducements to pursue capital cases.
His Army friends certainly harbored anger at the North Vietnamese -- "many re-upped just to go back and get retribution," he said -- but he remembers sharing "a grudging admiration for them -- they were so indomitable in coming down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to attack us".
But when their duplicitous deceit is exposed, we at least get retribution... sentences that equate to a life-long "time-out" or a deadly "lights-out".
I made threats of violence and called a bunch of people names, determined to get retribution against the stuck up dickheads who disrespected my household.
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Growing up, I also dreamed of getting retribution from the forces that killed my grandparents before I could know them.
Everyone's talking about being free, about getting retribution, and the only thing it does, the only thing it ended up doing was making you a prisoner in your own community.
The majority go for deadpan cool, others like Will Greenwood cannot resist the chance, in time-honoured rugby tradition, to get their retribution in first.
One of the few ex-political mistresses I can think of who actually did get lasting retribution was Anna Bradley, the mistress of Senator Arthur Brown of Utah, who in 1906 discovered that Brown was sleeping with an actress and shot him to death.
"We just got emotionally involved in trying to get some retribution in some sort of way.
The UK plaintiffs, whose own claim covers between summer 2011 and spring 2012, may be looking to get financial retribution in this case — as you can see in one of the documents released, the amount of damages is still "unspecified" — but just as equally, they appear also to be looking for a wider change of Google's practices.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com