tit for tat

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   an equivalent given in return

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Questions about tit for tat

What does tit for tat mean?

tit for tat means "an equivalent given in return".

Is tit for tat a common word?

tit for tat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.