TIT FOR TAT

Meaning of TIT FOR TAT in English

the infliction of an injury or insult in retaliation for one received.

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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 — [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 tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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

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