give a dose of own medicine

give somebody a dose/taste of their own medicine

to do the same bad thing to someone that they have often done to you, in order to show them how unpleasant it is She's always turning up late for me so I thought I'd give her a taste of her own medicine and see how she likes it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ruth (1)	ROOTH (English), ROOT (German)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Wesley	WES-lee	English
Cola	-	Anglo-Saxon
Meadow	MED-o	English (Modern)
'Ezra'	-	Biblical Hebrew
Ustinya	-	Russian