"fights fire with fire" meaning in English

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Verb

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  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fight fire with fire Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: fight fire with fire
    Sense id: en-fights_fire_with_fire-en-verb-RoQVTLbc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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