RETALIATE, RETALIATION
ADJECTIVES
1886 — TALIONIC pert. to revenge in kind or retaliation
NOUNS
1591 — TALIATION a return of like for like; retaliation → obs.
1620 — TINT FOR TANT retaliation, retort in kind, tit for tat → obs.
1865 — QUITS reprisal, retaliation
1980 — BACK-UP retaliation, revenge → Aust. & NZ sl.
VERBS
1425 — GIVE LILL FOR LOLL to retaliate → obs.
1817 — SERVE THE SAME SAUCE to retaliate in kind; to treat in the same fashion; to give as good as you take
1825 — SET UP ONE’S JAY-FEATHERS to be provoked into retaliation in kind → Sc.
1896 — COUP THE TABLES to turn the tables, to give tit for tat → Sc.
1941 — BREED A SCAB to stir up trouble (for oneself); to act so as to provoke retaliation → Amer. dial.
1942 — BREED A SCAB ON ONE’S NOSE to stir up trouble (for oneself); to act so as to provoke retaliation → Amer. dial.
1967 — BREED A BLACK EYE to stir up trouble (for oneself); to act so as to provoke retaliation → Amer. dial.
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