"serve someone the same sauce" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: serves someone the same sauce [present, singular, third-person], serving someone the same sauce [participle, present], served someone the same sauce [participle, past], served someone the same sauce [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} serve someone the same sauce (third-person singular simple present serves someone the same sauce, present participle serving someone the same sauce, simple past and past participle served someone the same sauce)
  1. To treat in the same way, especially as retaliation.
    Sense id: en-serve_someone_the_same_sauce-en-verb-DfjjlHq0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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