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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 return
Familiarity information: TIT FOR TAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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