OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26936

tit for tat

/ˈtɪt fə(ɹ)ˈtæt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
misma moneda • tas con tas • taz con taz • tis con tas
Equivalent retribution; an act of returning exactly what one gets; an eye for an eye.
If you hit me, I’ll hit you back; tit for tat.
Tit for tat is the policy of cooperating on the first move and then doing whatever the other player did on the previous move. This policy means that tit for tat will defect once af…
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