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103 entries under expression topic. ×
| alternate equal(verb, return, exchange, retaliate) | |
| exact retribution(verb, get, settle, return) | |
| feel in return(verb, return, exchange, retaliate) | |
| get even with | |
| get your own back(get, return, respond, react) | |
| give comeuppance(verb, fix, grievance, vindicate) | |
| give just desserts(verb, idiom, fix, grievance) | |
| hit back(verb, get, fix, grievance) | |
| kick back(verb, fix, restore, grievance) | |
| make up for(verb, idiom, exchange, retaliate) | |
| paid back(verb, change, shift, recall) | |
| pay back in spades(verb, idiom, fix, grievance) | |
| pay off(verb, fix, grievance, vindicate) | |
| paying back(verb, change, shift, recall) | |
| serve out(verb, return, exchange, retaliate) | |
| settle up(verb, fix, grievance, vindicate) | |
| settle with(verb, fix, grievance, vindicate) | |
| square accounts(verb, get, return, recall) | |
| stick it to(verb, idiom, grievance, vindicate) | |
| strike back(verb, get, settle, return) |
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