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it takes two to tango
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› said when you want to emphasize that both people involved in a difficult situation must accept the blame, or that an activity needs two people who are willing to take part for it to happen: She may want to argue, but it takes two to tango and I won't stoop to her level.Acting, being or existing togetherReciprocating
(Definition of it takes two to tango from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- another determiner, pronoun (DIFFERENT)
- each other pronoun
- give and take noun
- mutual adjective
- mutually adverb
- one another pronoun
- one good turn deserves another idiom
- reciprocal adjective
- reciprocate verb
- reciprocity noun
- requite verb
- return noun (EXCHANGE)
- return noun (GIVING BACK)
- return verb (EXCHANGE)
- two-way adjective (RELATIONSHIP)
- unrequited adjective
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