Synonyms for tit for tat
ˈtɪt fər ˈtættit for tat

Princeton's WordNet

1. tit for tatnoun

   an equivalent given in return

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1. tit for tat

   Synonyms:
   equivalent (in retaliation), measure for measure, diamond cut diamond

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1. tit for tat

   Read the full text of the Tit for Tat poem by Christopher Morley on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Michael Tran:

   The tit-for-tat trade war now has the oil market officially caught in the crossfire, this time with China striking the heart of Trump's traditional base of support of U.S. oil producers, with China being the world's foremost crude import growth region, U.S. producers need China, not the other way around.

2. Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin:

   Most wars, you get this tit-for-tat that goes in this spiral, and then suddenly each side has its back up and you can't back down, and you inadvertently fall into war, i think we are at very high risk of doing right now. So, it's not just about intent. It's our actions mean something beyond our control.

3. Wilbur Ross:

   We do not love tariffs, in fact we would prefer not to use them, but after years of discussions and no action, tariffs are finally forcing China to pay attention to our concerns, we could have had a deal two-and-a-half years ago without going through the whole tit-for-tat on tariffs that we have.

4. Damaging Press Constantino counters:

   It’s never a good idea to pick a fight with the media, by constantly doing this tit for tat, they’re keeping it alive in the news cycle.

5. Ben Rhodes:

   We don't think the answer to the crisis in Ukraine is simply to inject more weapons and get into that type of tit-for-tat with Russia.