give one some of his

[give one some of his] or [her own medicine] {v. phr.}

To treat someone the way he or she treats others (used in the negative).

* /The gangster beat up an innocent old man, so when he resisted arrest, a policeman gave him a little of his own medicine./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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