pay back in someone's own coin
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Contents
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English
1.1
Verb
1.1.1
Translations
1.2
References
English
Verb
pay
back
in
someone's
own
coin
(
figuratively
)
To give
tit for tat
.
Synonym:
pay back
in kind
Translations
Translations
Finnish:
maksaa samalla mitalla
(
deprecated template usage
)
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trans-mid
}}
French:
rendre la monnaie de sa pièce
(fr)
References
“
pay a person back in the same coin
”, in
Collins English Dictionary
.
“
pay someone back in their own coin
”, in
Lexico
,
Dictionary.com
;
Oxford University Press
,
2019–2022
.
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