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Interactions - Retaliation

Master English idioms regarding retaliation, like "fight fire with fire" and "even the score".

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to make someone feel extreme discomfort by helping them, being really generous, or by treating them too kindly, particularly someone who did one wrong

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to be extremely angry with a person and be trying to find them and possibly hurt them

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to use methods or tactics similar to those of one's opponent in a fight or argument

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to retaliate by treating others in the same negative manner they treated one

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a concept in which if someone harms one, one should harm them back in the same way

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ax to grind
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a hidden personal motive or agenda that someone holds

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to angrily ask for a person or group to be punished or hurt

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to outperform someone using the same methods and tactics that they use

Ex: John decided to study his rival 's sales techniques and ended up outselling him by applying those strategies , proving that he beat him at his own game.
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to seek to harm or punish someone who has wronged or harmed one

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to have enough strength and confidence to match others' ferocity and intensity during an argument or a fight

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trying to punish, harm, or kill someone

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a harsh or unpleasant way of treating someone that is almost identical to the manner in which they treated one

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to hurt or punish someone in a way that ensures one they will never repeat their past behavior

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used to show one's confidence in dealing with another person's behavior and using it to their disadvantage

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tit for tat
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the action of taking revenge on someone for something unpleasant they did to one in order to get even or feel better

Ex: Timmy and Tommy had a habit tit for tat behavior , always sharing their toys equally to maintain a sense of fairness .
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to destroy someone's happiness or self-assurance through a remark, action, or event

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used when a person attempts to embarrass or humiliate someone but gets embarrassed or humiliated instead

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to decide to stop a particular activity or relationship

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to make someone feel less important or influential by showing that their claims are not true

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to make things fair by addressing a previous unfairness or imbalance

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