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verb

rendre la monnaie de sa pièce

/ʁɑ̃.dʁə la mɔ.nɛ d(ə) sa pjɛs/

verb/ʁɑ̃.dʁə la mɔ.nɛ d(ə) sa pjɛs/

to give someone a taste of their own medicine, to retaliate, to pay back in someone's own coin, to pay back in kind

Synonyms: rendre la pareille

Literally, “to return someone change in their own coinage”.