"tit-for-tat" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From tit for tat.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Unfortunately, many adults retain a tit-for-tat attitude, but in a more refined way than the simple, childish shove for shove.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 June 22, The Guardian, London:",
          "text": "Amid fears that the end to more than five and a half years of talks would lead to a new era of tit-for-tat protectionism, negotiations between the United States and the European Union broke down.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Having the characteristic of returning bad for bad."
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          "returning",
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          "bad",
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  "word": "tit-for-tat"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From tit for tat.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Unfortunately, many adults retain a tit-for-tat attitude, but in a more refined way than the simple, childish shove for shove.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 June 22, The Guardian, London:",
          "text": "Amid fears that the end to more than five and a half years of talks would lead to a new era of tit-for-tat protectionism, negotiations between the United States and the European Union broke down.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the characteristic of returning bad for bad."
      ],
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          "returning",
          "return#Verb"
        ],
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          "bad",
          "bad#Adjective"
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "tit-for-tat"
}