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| retaliate(attack, oppose, return, dispute) | |
| counter(attack, return, cross, protest) | |
| reciprocate(get, attack, return, grievance) | |
| strike back(phrasal verb, get, attack, return) | |
| give just desserts(expression, fix, grievance, vindicate) | |
| match(get, fix, oppose, settle) | |
| pay back in spades(expression, fix, grievance, vindicate) | |
| retort(fix, attack, return, grievance) | |
| answer(oppose, settle, dispute, resist) | |
| avenge(restore, respond, grievance, vindicate) | |
| backtalk(oppose, dispute, cross, resist) | |
| be out for blood(fix, restore, respond, grievance) | |
| buck(oppose, dispute, resist, answer) | |
| contravene(oppose, dispute, resist, answer) | |
| counteract(oppose, dispute, resist, answer) | |
| counterwork(oppose, dispute, cross, resist) | |
| dash(oppose, dispute, resist, answer) | |
| defend(fix, restore, respond, grievance) | |
| even the score(expression, idiom, grievance, vindicate) | |
| fight back(expression, fix, restore, grievance) |
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