Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pay back in someone's own coin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
pay back- in -some-one's own -coin
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give tit for tat.

Inflected Forms

pays back in someone's own coin (present, singular) paying back in someone's own coin (participle, present) paid back in someone's own coin (participle, past) paid back in someone's own coin (past)

Synonyms

pay back in kind

Questions

What does pay back in someone's own coin mean?
To give tit for tat.

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