tit for tat
noun phrase
: an equivalent given in return (as for an injury) : retaliation in kind
tit-for-tat
adjective
Examples of tit for tat in a Sentence
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The United States and China spent this week going tit for tat in an escalating trade war.
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Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2025
But Trump and China continued raising the tariffs in a tit for tat.
—Associated Press, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump will hit China with 104% tariffs starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday – escalating a tit for tat between the two countries.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump’s threat is the latest tit for tat between the U.S. and China in the last week.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
But Senate Republicans are fretting that if the tariff tit for tat isn’t resolved — and quickly — both Trump and American consumers will feel the pinch.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
Trump’s tariff tit for tat with Canada President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated a trade war with Canada - and then walked it back.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Even if a lasting tariff deal with Canada and Mexico materializes, the tit for tat with China is likely just ramping up.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration, despite its recent raid in northern Syria, insists on not being drawn into a tit for tat with Iran and its proxies’ recurring attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2022
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Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2025
But Trump and China continued raising the tariffs in a tit for tat.
—Associated Press, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump will hit China with 104% tariffs starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday – escalating a tit for tat between the two countries.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump’s threat is the latest tit for tat between the U.S. and China in the last week.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
But Senate Republicans are fretting that if the tariff tit for tat isn’t resolved — and quickly — both Trump and American consumers will feel the pinch.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
Trump’s tariff tit for tat with Canada President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated a trade war with Canada - and then walked it back.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Even if a lasting tariff deal with Canada and Mexico materializes, the tit for tat with China is likely just ramping up.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration, despite its recent raid in northern Syria, insists on not being drawn into a tit for tat with Iran and its proxies’ recurring attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2022
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“Tit for tat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tit%20for%20tat. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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