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one bad turn deserves another

one bad turn deserves another proverb: one act of malice should be paid back by another act of malice.

Proverb

one bad turn deserves another

  1. One act of malice should be paid back by another act of malice.

Antonyms of one bad turn deserves another

Origin of one bad turn deserves another

From one good turn deserves another.

Questions about one bad turn deserves another

What does one bad turn deserves another mean?
One bad turn deserves another means one act of malice should be paid back by another act of malice.
What part of speech is one bad turn deserves another?
One bad turn deserves another is a proverb.

Words near one bad turn deserves another in the dictionary

  1. one another's
  2. one anothers
  3. one at a time
  4. one bad apple can spoil the barrel
  5. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
  6. one bad turn deserves another
  7. one big happy family
  8. one brick short of a full load
  9. one by one
  10. one can dish it out, but one can't take it
  11. one can dish it, but one can't take it

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