"pay back in someone's own coin" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pays back in someone's own coin [present, singular, third-person], paying back in someone's own coin [participle, present], paid back in someone's own coin [participle, past], paid back in someone's own coin [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> back in someone's own coin}} pay back in someone's own coin (third-person singular simple present pays back in someone's own coin, present participle paying back in someone's own coin, simple past and past participle paid back in someone's own coin)
  1. (figuratively) To give tit for tat. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: pay back in kind Translations (give tit for tat): 針鋒相對 (Chinese Mandarin), 针锋相对 (zhēnfēngxiāngduì) (Chinese Mandarin), repagi per la sama monero (Esperanto), maksaa samalla mitalla (Finnish), rendre la monnaie de sa pièce (French)

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