tit for tat
/ˌtɪt fə ˈtæt/noun
उच्चारण टिट फ़ टैट
जैसे को तैसा, बदले की कार्रवाई
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as idiom
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[U]
a situation in which you do something bad to somebody because they have done the same to you
जैसे को तैसा, बदले की कार्रवाई
- The two countries expelled each other's diplomats in a game of tit for tat.
- It was simple tit for tat: he insulted her, so she insulted him.
- Their quarrel has become tit for tat, with neither side willing to stop.
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- The trade dispute turned into tit for tat as both countries raised duties.
- It was tit for tat between the neighbours, each one blocking the other's gate.
Synonyms retaliation reprisal revenge an eye for an eye
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[only before noun]
done in return for something bad that was done to you
जवाबी, बदले में किया गया
- tit-for-tat attacks
- The two parties exchanged tit-for-tat allegations.
- The two clubs have been involved in a tit-for-tat dispute over players.
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- Tit-for-tat punishments only make the quarrel worse.
- The leaders traded tit-for-tat remarks during the debate.
Synonyms retaliatory
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
retaliation reprisal revenge an eye for an eye retaliatory
§Grammar and usage
Tit for tat means repaying an injury with a similar injury, and it is close to an eye for an eye.
Tit for tat का अर्थ है चोट का बदला वैसी ही चोट से देना, और यह an eye for an eye के निकट है।
Usage: it is written with hyphens, tit-for-tat, when used before a noun.
Usage में noun से पहले आने पर इसे hyphen के साथ tit-for-tat लिखा जाता है।