Definition
Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.
In Context
- ""The man's spirit is evil enough to frighten people away and we will drop stones upon him, so that he can learn the taste of his own medicine.""
- "The Long Tom in the stern of the schooner opened fire . . . and two men were seen to go down. The captain laughed. "That's a taste of their own medicine," he said."
- "Some stars reportedly even want to investigate the private lives of tabloid editors, to give them a taste of their own medicine."
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See Also
- turnabout is fair play
- turn the tables