Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the alternative that best describes the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

To pay one back in one's own coin

  1. to resemble

  2. to behave naturally

  3. to barter away

  4. to return tit for tat
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D Correct answer
Explanation

To pay one back in one's own coin means to treat someone in the same way they have treated you, often in a negative context, which is equivalent to tit for tat.

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