out to get someone
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Adverb
out to get someone (not comparable)
- Deliberately committed or designed to cause problems for another person.
- The supervisor keeps telling me off. He’s out to get me.
- In order to live a happier life, one of the first steps is to realize that the world is not out to get you.
- 2009, Antonya Nelson, Nothing Right: Short Stories, page 283:
- "Why does she think they're out to get her?"
"Because she's a paranoid freak," he answered. "Same reason she wears sunglasses and a hat when she goes out the door, as if that equals a disguise."
Synonyms
- have it in for someone
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