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an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)
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(Definition of an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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an determiner
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an easy touch idiom
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an elephant in the room idiom
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an embarrassment of riches idiom
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an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
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an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
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an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
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-an suffix
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anabolic steroid noun
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anachronism noun
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SMART Thesaurus: Revenge and vengefulness
Synonyms and related words:
- avenge verb
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- fix verb (PUNISH)
- get even with sb idiom
- get sb back phrasal verb
- get your own back (on sb) idiom
- hit back phrasal verb
- pay sb back phrasal verb
- reprisal noun
- retaliate verb
- retaliatory adjective
- revenge verb
- revengeful adjective
- settle an (old) score idiom
- settle an account idiom
- strike back phrasal verb
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance noun
- vengeful adjective
- vindictive adjective
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