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fight fire with fire

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fight fire with fire
to attack someone with a lot of force because they are attacking you with force. In the face of stiff competition from rival firms we had to fight fire with fire and slash our prices.
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fight fire with fire
to deal with someone in the same way that they are dealing with you. In the face of stiff competition we had to fight fire with fire and cut our prices.
See also: fight, fire
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As chair of the second anti-amendment campaign--Arizona Together-she decided to fight fire with fire.
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``You kind of fight fire with fire when you have a major crime.
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