Английский словарь американских идиом - tit for tat
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Tit for tat
tit for tat
{n. phr.} Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. * /Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat./ * /I told him if he did me any harm I would return tit for tat./ * /They had a warm debate and the two boys gave each other tit for tat./ Compare: GET BACK AT, EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. TO A CONCLUSION See: JUMP TO A CONCLUSION.
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1.
~ n informal something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them. The two countries have each expelled another diplomat following a round of tit-for-tat expulsions. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Etymology: alteration of earlier tip for tap, from tip (blow) + for + tap Date: 1556 an equivalent given in return (as for an injury) ; retaliation in kind • tit-for-tat adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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