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TIT FOR TAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tit for tat mean? 

TIT FOR TAT (noun)
  The noun TIT FOR TAT has 1 sense:

1. an equivalent given in returnplay

  Familiarity information: TIT FOR TAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIT FOR TAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An equivalent given in return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tit for tat" is a kind of...):

getting even; paying back; return (a reciprocal group action)


 Context examples 


But, see here, Jim—tit for tat—you save Long John from swinging.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"One doctor makes work for another." (English proverb)

"To give happiness to another person gives such a great merit, it cannot even be carried by a horse." (Bhutanese proverb)

"Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on." (Arabic proverb)

"One swats the fly only if it annoys that person." (Cypriot proverb)



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