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getting even

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Noun1.getting even - a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
paying back, return
group action - action taken by a group of people
requital, payment - an act of requiting; returning in kind
retaliation, revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense
reciprocation - the act of making or doing something in return
tit for tat - an equivalent given in return


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I believe it would result in getting even the bells of the Philadelphia hotels answered, and cheerful service rendered.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Well, of course I ain't going to tell old Dobbins on this little fool, because there's other ways of getting even on her, that ain't so mean; but what of it?
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
The practice of perfect hypocrisy is a relief in itself, a secret triumph of the vilest sort, no doubt, but still a way of getting even with the common morality from which some of us appear to suffer so much.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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