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21tit-for-tat — ADJ: usu ADJ n 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 …
22tit for tat — If someone responds to an insult by being rude back, it s tit for tat repaying something negative the same way. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** This expression refers to an injury or insult given in return for one received. He… …
23tit for tat — equal treatment in return, a fair exchange The government policy was a tit for tat response to any attacks against its territory. Digest 20/2002 an action in exchange for another equal action Mark criticizes Pam s clothes and in return she… …
24tit-for-tat — informal a tit for tat action is something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you. Six of the victims died in tit for tat attacks. (always before noun) …
25tit for tat — Etymology: alteration of earlier tip for tap, from tip (blow) + for + tap Date: 1556 an equivalent given in return (as for an injury) ; retaliation in kind • tit for tat adjective …
26tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat. [1550 60; perh. var. of earlier tip for tap] * * * …
27tit for tat — A game theoretic strategy brought to the attention of philosophers by Robert Axelrod, in his The Evolution of Cooperation (1984). The question is how to perform to maximize gain in an interaction that consists of an extended sequence of prisoners …
28tit for tat — equal response, an eye for an eye Gerry hit Ross. Then Ross hit Gerry, and it was tit for tat …
29tit-for-tat — adjective see tit for tat …
30tit for tat — UK / US noun [singular/uncountable] informal something that you do to harm someone because they have harmed you Derived word: tit for tat adjective …
