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in return

[in return] {adv. phr.} In order to give back something; as payment; in recognition or exchange. - Often used with "for". * /Bud gave me his knife and I gave […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[tit 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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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