| retaliate(verb, get, attack, oppose, settle) | |
| reciprocate(verb, attack, return, forgiveness) | |
| counter(verb, attack, return, forgiveness) | |
| retort(verb, attack, return, forgiveness) | |
| hit back(verb, phrasal verb, attack, return, forgiveness) | |
| pay back(verb, expression, get, settle, return) | |
| come back at(expression, idiom) | |
| even the score(verb, expression, idiom, get, settle) | |
| exact retribution(verb, expression, get, settle, return) | |
| get back | |
| get back at(expression, idiom) | |
| get even | |
| give and take(verb, expression, idiom, get, settle) | |
| make reprisal(verb, expression, get, settle, return) | |
| repay | |
| resound | |
| retrospect(verb, get, settle, return, recall) | |
| return the compliment(verb, expression, idiom, get, return) | |
| reverberate | |
| square accounts(verb, expression, get, settle, return) |
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