don't get mad, get even
Definition
› something that you say in order to tell someone not to be angry when someone has upset them, but to do something that will upset them as much: This is my advice to wives whose husbands have left them for a younger woman - don't get mad, get even!Revenge and vengefulness
(Definition of don't get mad, get even from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge verb
- 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
Topic:
Revenge and vengefulness
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