- return, paying back, getting even - a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
--1 is a kind of group action
--1 has particulars:requital; retaliation, revenge; reciprocation; tit for tat
- equalize, equalise, get even - compensate; make the score equal
--1 is one way to score, hit, tally, rack up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- get even, get back - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
--2 is one way to revenge, avenge, retaliate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP