tit+for+tat

  • 11tit for tat — If someone responds to an insult by being rude back, it s tit for tat repaying something negative the same way …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 12tit for tat — n. [var. of earlier tip for tap (Fr tant pour tant): see TIP2] this for that: phrase used when someone pays back one wrong or injury with another …

    English World dictionary

  • 13Tit for Tat — es una estrategia óptima en teoría de juegos para el dilema del prisionero iterado. Su nombre proviene de la expresión inglesa tip for tap , que significa represalia equivalente (tanto tip como tap son golpes suaves, por lo que vendría a decir… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 14tit for tat — noun an equivalent given in return • Hypernyms: ↑return, ↑paying back, ↑getting even * * * n blow for blow, retaliation, revenge, requital, reprisal, measure for measure, counterblow, counterbuff, countercharge FORMAL quid pro quo,lex talionis …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 15tit for tat — {n. phr.} Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. * /Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat./ * /I told him if he did me any harm I would return tit for tat./ * /They had a warm debate and the two boys gave each other tit for tat./ Compare:… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 16tit for tat — {n. phr.} Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. * /Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat./ * /I told him if he did me any harm I would return tit for tat./ * /They had a warm debate and the two boys gave each other tit for tat./ Compare:… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 17tit\ for\ tat — n. phr. Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat. I told him if he did me any harm I would return tit for tat. They had a warm debate and the two boys gave each other tit for tat. Compare: get back at,… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 18tit for tat — informal tit for tat a tit for tat action is something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you. I forgot her birthday and so she didn t send me a card either. It was just tit for tat …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 19tit for tat — 1. noun a) equivalent retribution, an eye for an eye, returning exactly what you get. If you hit me, Ill hit you back; tit for tat. b) hat. 2. adjective Having the …

    Wiktionary

  • 20Tit For Tat — A game theory mechanism which is subject to a payoff matrix similar to that of a prisoner’s dilemma. Tit for tat was introduced by Robert Axelrod, who developed a strategy where each participant in an iterated prisoner’s dilemma will… …

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