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| get back(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| giving in return(idiom, trade, exchange, correspondence) | |
| letters of marque(idiom, stealing) | |
| lex talionis(idiom, retaliation) | |
| license to plunder(idiom, stealing) | |
| making good(compensation, renewal, amends, damages) | |
| parting shot(counter, response, reply, riposte) | |
| retaliatory action | |
| retaliatory measure | |
| settling of score(idiom, revenge, retribution, ruthlessness) | |
| snappy answer(counter, response, joke, reply) | |
| snappy comeback(counter, response, reply, riposte) | |
| squaring things(recompense, compensation, renewal, amends) | |
| taste of your own medicine(idiom, retaliation) | |
| tooth for a tooth(idiom, trade, exchange, correspondence) | |
| what for(compensation, redress, revenge, vengeance) | |
| what is coming to one(idiom, right, interest, rate) |
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