make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
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retaliate |
strike back |
sample sentences
"The Empire strikes back""The Giants struck back and won the opener"
"The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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