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eye_for_an_eye,_a_tooth_for_a_tooth

eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

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eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

  1. (idiomatic) compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.

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