Thesaurus Dictionary
Synonyms and antonyms of To treat someone in the same bad way they treat you in British Thesaurus
To treat someone in the same bad way they treat you
retaliate (verb)
to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
get back at ()
to do something to hurt or upset someone after they have hurt or upset you
hit back ()
to deliberately hit someone because they have hit you
revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something) (formal)
formal to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else
settle an (old) score (with someone) ()
to do something bad to someone because they did something bad to you
fight back ()
to try to stop someone who has criticized you, or something that has harmed you
to criticize someone who is criticizing you
give someone a taste/dose of their own medicine ()
to treat someone in the same bad way that they have treated someone else
to finally be more successful than someone who was unpleasant to you, especially someone who laughed when you failed before
hit back ()
to criticize someone who has criticized you
pay someone back with interest ()
to do something even worse to someone than they have done to you, in order to punish them
strike back ()
to attack, harm, or criticize someone who has attacked, harmed, or criticized you