Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taste of one's own medicine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: taste of one's own medicine
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

1

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.

Example Sentences

""The man's spirit is evil enough to frighten people away and we will drop stones upon him, so that he can learn the taste of his own medicine.""
"The Long Tom in the stern of the schooner opened fire . . . and two men were seen to go down. The captain laughed. "That's a taste of their own medicine," he said."
"Some stars reportedly even want to investigate the private lives of tabloid editors, to give them a taste of their own medicine."

Inflected Forms

tastes of one's own medicine (plural) dose of one's own medicine (alternative)

Phrases

turnabout is fair play turn the tables

Frequently Paired Words

turnabout is fair play turn the tables

Synonyms

taste of one's own poison

Questions

What does taste of one's own medicine mean?: Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.

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