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. John Driscoll:

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

2. Vishnu Varathan:

   There certainly is going to be pronounced risks mainly because we've now moved on to the tit-for-tat-for-tit phase of it, this is going to drag on until they can all come to the table and agree to even the playing field. But the unpredictability of the situation continues to rattle the markets.

3. John Driscoll:

   With Trump's politics, we're in a world of re-aligning alliances. China will not just swallow U.S. tariffs, this is tit-for-tat petroleum diplomacy.

4. 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.

5. 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.