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49 entries under expression topic. ×
| tit for tat(noun, idiom, adverb, act) | |
| measure for measure(noun, idiom, adverb, act) | |
| quid pro quo(noun, idiom, adverb, compensation) | |
| lex talionis(idiom, adverb, compensation, meed) | |
| getting even(noun, revenge, vengeance, retribution) | |
| blow for blow(noun, idiom) | |
| eye for an eye(noun, idiom, adverb, balance) | |
| just desserts(noun, compensation, redress, revenge) | |
| sweet revenge(idiom, revenge) | |
| act of revenge | |
| bad blood(noun, hatred, resentment, hostility) | |
| battledore and shuttlecock | |
| hardness of heart(noun, idiom, hatred, resentment) | |
| ill feeling(noun, hatred, resentment, hostility) | |
| ill will(noun, hatred, resentment, hostility) | |
| just deserts(noun, due) | |
| paying back(verb, phrasal verb, payment, settlement) | |
| snappy comeback(noun, crack, account, answer) | |
| something for something | |
| tooth for a tooth(noun, idiom, adverb, compensation) |
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