revenge yourself on someone (for something)

revenge yourself on someone (for something)
revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something)/ phrase
to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else

Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for his arrogance.

Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat yousynonym
Main entry: revenge

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