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return the compliment
Idioms and Phrases
Also, return the favor . Repay someone in kind, as in Her political opponent came out with a smear campaign, and she returned the compliment . Neither the compliment nor the favor in this idiom is necessarily desirable. [First half of 1700s]Example Sentences
When Grande tried to return the compliment, Eilish quipped back, “This is not about me, ma’am.”
“And might I return the compliment?”
He was happy to return the compliment.
If you wish to return the compliment, blink and your cat might blink back.
Prince Charles will return the compliment in a speech he makes at the handover ceremony on Monday evening.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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