return the compliment

[return the compliment] {v. phr.}

To say or do the same to someone that he has said or done to you; pay someone back.

* /Mary said, "I love your new hairdo" and Suzy returned the compliment with "What a pretty dress you're wearing, Mary."/

* /John punched Jerry in the nose, and Jerry returned the compliment./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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