- Home
- Idioms
- pay back in own coin
pay back in own coin
pay somebody back in their own coin
(British & Australian old-fashioned) to treat someone in the same bad way that they have treated you I decided to pay her back in her own coin and refuse to help her.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Cara | | KAHR-ə, KER-ə | English |
Marcelo | | mahr-THE-lo (Spanish), mahr-SE-lo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Docia | | - | English |
Thera | | - | Dutch |
Aretas | | - | Biblical |
Bonner | | ['bɔnə] | |