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121tit\ for\ tat — n. phr. Equal treatment in return; a fair exchange. Billy hit me, so I gave him tit for tat. I told him if he did me any harm I would return tit for tat. They had a warm debate and the two boys gave each other tit for tat. Compare: get back at,… …
122tit for tat — informal tit for tat a tit for tat action is something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you. I forgot her birthday and so she didn t send me a card either. It was just tit for tat …
123Tit-like Dacnis — Taxobox name = Tit like Dacnis status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Thraupidae genus = Xenodacnis genus authority = Cabanis, 1873 species = X. parina binomial =… …
124Tit-hylia — Taxobox name = Tit hylia status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Remizidae genus = Pholidornis species = P. rushiae binomial = Pholidornis rushiae binomial authority …
125tit-babbler — ▪ bird any of a number of birds belonging to the babbler family Timaliidae (order Passeriformes). The 35 to 40 species are small and short billed, rather like titmice in appearance and behaviour but mostly somewhat larger with… …
126tit for tat — 1. noun a) equivalent retribution, an eye for an eye, returning exactly what you get. If you hit me, Ill hit you back; tit for tat. b) hat. 2. adjective Having the …
127Tit For Tat — A game theory mechanism which is subject to a payoff matrix similar to that of a prisoner’s dilemma. Tit for tat was introduced by Robert Axelrod, who developed a strategy where each participant in an iterated prisoner’s dilemma will… …
128tit-for-tat — ADJ: usu ADJ n A tit for tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them. The two countries have each expelled another diplomat following a round of tit for tat expulsions …
