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. Paul Fage:

   It's not clear where the end-point is for these tit-for-tat tariffs - China will feel it has to make some sort of response.

2. Carsten Menke:

   Hence, this looks like a tit-for-tat response from the steel mills who were feeling international pressure from steel anti-dumping investigations and tariffs.

3. Sarah Binder:

   Its a really tough environment for lawmaking, first, the parties are surely more ideologically polarized from each other than they were decades ago. Second, theres more sheer partisanship in town than before -- tit for tat, your team is for it, so my team is against it. Third, close electoral competition narrows the window for dealmaking -- each election offers each party a chance to hold or gain control. ... [ And, ] because the president is so unpopular nationally and with independents, theres limited pressure on Democrats to resolve problems.

4. Matt Smith:

   This is a knee-jerk reaction given that Bolton has been so adversarial with Iran, with his removal, there is an expectation there won't be as much vehemence in the tit-for-tat with Iran.

5. John Driscoll:

   The Chinese have to do the tit-for-tat, they have to retaliate.