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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pay back in someone's own coin en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) To give tit for tat.

Forms

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pays back in someone's own coin Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
paid back in someone's own coin Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paid back in someone's own coin Tense=Past lexicographic
paying back in someone's own coin Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

pay back in kind

Translations (4)

fi maksaa samalla mitalla (give tit for tat) · fr rendre la monnaie de sa pièce (give tit for tat) · eo repagi per la sama monero (give tit for tat) · cmn 針鋒相對 /针锋相对 (give tit for tat)