pay back in someone's own coin (English, verb)
expansion: pay back in someone's own coin (third-person singular simple present pays back in someone's own coin, present participle paying back in someone's own coin, simple past and past participle paid back in someone's own coin)
Senses:
glosses: To give tit for tat.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: pays back in someone's own coin
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: paying back in someone's own coin
tags: participle
present
form: paid back in someone's own coin
tags: participle
past
form: paid back in someone's own coin
tags: past