8. PHRASE : PHR after v
If you respond in kind, you react to something that someone has done to you by doing the same thing to them.
- They hurled defiant taunts at the riot police, who responded in kind.
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2. similarly; [giving] something similar to what was received.
- John punched Bill, and Bill gave it back in kind.
- She spoke rudely to me, so I spoke to her in kind.
with the same thing.
- It was a nasty letter, but I will not respond in kind.
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