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dose of one's own medicine

dose of one's own medicine is the alternative form of taste of one's own medicine.

Meaning of taste of one's own medicine

Noun

taste of one's own medicine (plural tastes of one's own medicine)

  1. (idiomatic, usually preceded by a) Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.
    • "The man's spirit is evil enough to frighten people away and we will drop stones upon him, so that he can learn the taste of his own medicine."1916, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 27, in Rainbow's End

Questions about dose of one's own medicine

What is dose of one's own medicine the alternative form of?
Dose of one's own medicine is the alternative form of taste of one's own medicine.

Words near dose of one's own medicine in the dictionary

  1. Dosches
  2. Dosci
  3. dose
  4. dose dumping
  5. dose equivalent
  6. dose of one's own medicine
  7. doseable
  8. dosed
  9. Doseh
  10. dosel
  11. dosels

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