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pays back in someone's own coin

pays back in someone's own coin is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pay back in someone's own coin.

Meaning of pay back in someone's own coin

Verb

pay back in someone's own coin (third-person singular simple present pays back in someone's own coin, present participle paying back in someone's own coin, simple past and past participle paid back in someone's own coin)

  1. (figuratively) To give tit for tat.
    Synonyms:
    pay back in kind

Questions about pays back in someone's own coin

What is pays back in someone's own coin the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pays back in someone's own coin is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pay back in someone's own coin.

Words near pays back in someone's own coin in the dictionary

  1. payruns
  2. pays
  3. pays a visit
  4. pays attention
  5. pays back
  6. pays back in someone's own coin
  7. pays d'état
  8. Pays de la Loire
  9. pays dearly
  10. pays dividends
  11. pays down

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