a dose of (one's) own medicine

An experience of the same harmful or unpleasant thing that one has inflicted on others; an attack in the same manner in which one attacks others. John has gossiped about everyone in our group, so we gave him a dose of his own medicine by spreading rumors about him. The coup gave the dictatorship a dose of its own medicine, subjecting the dictator and his entourage to torture and confinement in deplorable conditions.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Carolien	kah-ro-LEEN	Dutch
Candice	KAN-dis	English
Esa	E-sah	Finnish
Zehra	-	Turkish
Archbold	['a:tʃbəuld]
Melati	-	Indonesian, Malay