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tit for tat

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tit for tat (informal)
tit-for-tat - a tit-for-tat action is something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you. I forgot her birthday and so she didn't send me a card either. It was just tit for tat.
See also: tat, tit

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But she is naturally a more irritable constitution than the black horse; flies tease her more; anything wrong in the harness frets her more; and if she were ill-used or unfairly treated she would not be unlikely to give tit for tat.
 
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