See tat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1920, The Creighton Chronicle, page 294:",
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"ref": "1999 May 18, D. Reisman, Conserative Capitalism: The Social Economy, Springer, →ISBN, page 122:",
"text": "[...] insecurity, anger engender the excessive retaliation of two tits for a tat that leads not to damping-down but to [escalation].",
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"ref": "2002 May 1, G.H. Spaulding, C-C-Cold War Syndrome Or, Remember, It's Break Ground and Fly into the Wind, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
"text": "At the U.S. planning sessions, it was not uncommon to hear someone say, \"Just remember, when you're negotiating tit-for-tat, it's better to concede the occasional small tat to your opponent and keep the big tits for yourself.\"",
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"ref": "2006 08, Michael Riggs, Edicts of Ares: 13 Absolute Rules of Warfare, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 112:",
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"ref": "2011 March 20, Thunderhead, The Sacred Clown, Thunderhead, →ISBN, page 475:",
"text": "“Yeah...and a tiny little tat of a bottle of Grinness on his ankle...” As they rode, a warm-front chased the clouds away and the direct sun and warming air began to melt the snow.",
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"ref": "2012 April 17, Gerald L'Ange, The White Africans: From Colonisation To Liberation, Jonathan Ball Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "If that was a lot of tit for a little tat it didn't bother the French. In the absence of any firm policy in Paris, the military commanders in Algeria began promoting French settlement.",
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"ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Pamela Morsi, Suburban Renewal, Oliver-Heber books:",
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"ref": "2021 June 29, Alexandra Ivy, Guardians of Eternity Bundle 2, Zebra, →ISBN:",
"text": "A little tit for a little tat. He just wanted to get his damned tit so he could be done with the nasty tat. There was an odd shimmer among the shadows, then the outline of Briggs appeared, his crimson eyes glowing like the pits of hell.",
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