pay back in someone's own coin in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

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        "To give tit for tat."
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        "(figuratively) To give tit for tat."
      ],
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          "word": "pay back in kind"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "give tit for tat",
          "word": "repagi per la sama monero"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "give tit for tat",
          "word": "maksaa samalla mitalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "give tit for tat",
          "word": "rendre la monnaie de sa pièce"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay back in someone's own coin"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "give tit for tat",
      "word": "repagi per la sama monero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "give tit for tat",
      "word": "maksaa samalla mitalla"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "give tit for tat",
      "word": "rendre la monnaie de sa pièce"
    }
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"pay back in someone's own coin" meaning in English

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