TIT-FOR-TAT

Meaning of TIT-FOR-TAT in English

A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.

The two countries have each expelled another diplomat following a round of tit-for-tat expulsions.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

TIT FOR TAT — Etymology: alteration of earlier tip for tap, from tip (blow) + for + tap Date: 1556 an equivalent given in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIT-FOR-TAT — adjective see: tit for tat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIT FOR TAT — |titfə(r)|tat, usu -ad.+V Etymology: alteration of earlier tip for tap, from tip (V) + for + tap : an equivalent …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIT FOR TAT — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIT FOR TAT — this for that, one for one
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TIT-FOR-TAT — see tit for tat
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIT FOR TAT — Etymology: alteration of earlier tip for tap, from tip (blow) + for + tap Date: 1556 : an equivalent given …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIT FOR TAT — Pronunciation: ˌ tit-f ə r- ' tat Etymology: alteration of earlier tip for tap, from tip (blow) + for + …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TIT FOR TAT — the infliction of an injury or insult in retaliation for one received. → tit
Concise Oxford English vocab
TIT FOR TAT — [tit for tat] [alter. of earlier tip for tap, fr. tip (blow) + for + tap] (1556): an equivalent given …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIT FOR TAT — noun [ U ] a situation in which you do sth bad to sb because they have done the same …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIT FOR TAT — ˌtit for ˈtat BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from tip for tap 'tit for tat' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIT-FOR-TAT — A ~ action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TIT FOR TAT — Synonyms and related words : agency, alternation, balance, ballast, battledore and shuttlecock, blow for blow, change, coaction, commutation, complementary distribution, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIT FOR TAT — {n. phr.} Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. * /Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat./ …
Slang English vocab
TIT FOR TAT — An equivalent.
Slang English vocab
TIT FOR TAT — Give and take, blow for blow, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, equivalent ( in …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TIT FOR TAT — See ↑ REVENGE 2
Longman Activator English vocab
TIT FOR TAT — 25B6; noun RETALIATION, reprisal, counter-attack, counterstroke, comeback; revenge, vengeance, retribution, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIT FOR TAT — {n. phr.} Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. * /Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat./ …
Словарь английских идиом
TIT FOR TAT — equal response, an eye for an eye Gerry hit Ross. Then Ross hit Gerry, and it was tit for tat.
English Idioms vocab
TIT FOR TAT — equal response, an eye for an eye Gerry hit Ross. Then Ross hit Gerry, and it was tit for tat.
English Idioms vocabulary
TIT FOR TAT — n. phr. Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat. I …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TIT FOR TAT — отплата "зуб за зуб" той же монетой
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIT-FOR-TAT — зуб за зуб, отплата
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TIT FOR TAT — зуб за зуб
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TIT FOR TAT — зуб за зуб
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TIT FOR TAT — отплата "зуб за зуб"
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TIT FOR TAT — отплата "зуб за зуб"
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TIT-FOR-TAT — зуб за зуб, отплата
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TIT FOR TAT — зуб за зуб
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
TIT FOR TAT — зуб за зуб; око за око; отплата той же монетой; равный ответ, адекватная реакция
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
TIT FOR TAT — зуб за зуб; око за око; отплата той же монетой; равный ответ, адекватная реакция
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
TIT FOR TAT — зуб за зуб
English Russian slang dictionary
TIT FOR TAT — отплата "зуб за зуб" той же монетой
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAT — Airport Name : Poprad-Tatry Airport Airport Location : Poprad, Slovakia IATA Code : TAT ICAO Code : LZTT
Airport Code English Dictionary
TAT — USP DI - Tetanus Antitoxin (Systemic)
Drug information English vocab
TAT — abbreviation thematic apperception test
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIT — Any of several woodland and garden songbird species in the genus Parus (family Paridae) having a rather stout, pointed bill. …
Английский словарь Британика
TIT — I. ˈtit, usu -id.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English titte, from Old English titt, tit, tite — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAT — I. ˈtat verb ( tatted ; tatted ; tatting ; tats ) Etymology: perhaps of imitative origin transitive verb chiefly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAT — abbreviation 1. thematic apperception test 2. : toxin-antitoxin
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAT — (n.) A pony.
Английский словарь Webster
TAT — (n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
Английский словарь Webster
TAT — ( n. ) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAT — ( n. ) A pony.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIT — tit 1 /tit/ , n. 1. a titmouse. 2. any of various other small birds. 3. Archaic. a girl or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAT — /tat/ , v.i., v.t., tatted, tatting . to do, or make by, tatting. [ 1900-05; back formation from TATTING ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAT — I. ˈtat verb ( tat·ted ; tat·ting ) Etymology: back-formation from tatting Date: 1858 intransitive verb : to work at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIT — noun a small horse. 2. tit ·noun a morsel; a bit. 3. tit ·noun a woman; used in contempt. …
Webster English vocab
TAT — noun a pony. 2. tat ·noun gunny cloth made from the fiber of the corchorus olitorius, or jute.
Webster English vocab
TIT — [tit] abbreviation title Tit abbreviation Titus
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAT — [tat] vb tat.ted ; tat.ting [back-formation fr. tatting] vi (1882): to work at tatting ~ vt: to make by tatting
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAT — [TAT] abbreviation thematic apperception test
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIT — also called Titmouse, plural Titmice, any of a number of small active birds of the songbird family Paridae (order Passeriformes). …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIT — tit BrE AmE tɪt ▷ tits tɪts ▶ ˌ tit for ˈ tat BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAT — tat BrE AmE tæt ▷ tats tæts ▷ tatted ˈtæt ɪd -əd AmE ˈtæt̬ əd ▷ tatting ˈtæt ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIT — / tɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ usually pl. ] (also titty ) ( taboo , slang ) a woman's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAT — / tæt; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( BrE , informal ) goods that are cheap and of low …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIT — tit /tɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . informal not polite a woman’s breast 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAT — tat /tæt/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [uncountable] British English informal things that are cheap and badly made 2 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIT — n. coarse sl. a term of contempt for a person. [20th c.: perh. f. TIT(3)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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