rendre la monnaie de sa pièce
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to return someone change in their own coinage”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to give someone a taste of their own medicine, to retaliate, to pay back in someone's own coin, to pay back in kind [with à ‘someone’]
- Synonym: rendre la pareille
Conjugation
[edit]- see rendre