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tit-for-tat
tit-for-tat
(informal) a tit-for-tat action is something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you (always before noun) Six of the victims died in tit-for-tat attacks. (informal)
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Jocasta | | jo-KAS-tə (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Audo | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Julien | | zhoo-lee-AWN | French |
| Reynold | | REN-əld | English |
| Bojidar | | - | Bulgarian |
| Melanie | | MEL-ə-nee (English), ME-lah-nee (German) | English, German, Dutch |