out to get someone

English

Adverb

out to get someone (not comparable)

  1. Deliberately committed to causing problems for another person.
    The supervisor keeps telling me off. He’s out to get me.
    • 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."

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