English Explanatory Dictionary

get even or get even worse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. To take even further risks in a bet to make one's money back, or lose even more trying.

Word forms

get even or get even worse

Etymology

From the phrasal verb get even (“recover one's losses”) and get even worse (“to worsen”, just the words in their ordinary meanings).

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