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out to get someone en · ADV

Meanings

1. (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.
   • "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." 2009, Antonya Nelson, Nothing Right: Short Stories, page 283:

Synonyms

have it in for someone