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Definition of turnabout is fair play

turnabout is fair play

expression

  • "Doing to others what they did to you is a permissible tactic."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

    Citation from "Churchgoers, strippers protest one another in Coshocton County", The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), Holly Zachariah, August 9 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 09 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'fair':

Definitions include: to fight.
Definitions include: the real thing; true.

Other terms relating to 'is':

Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not.
Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
Definitions include: Can be said when impatiently waiting for someone to follow you. Double meaning of coming and orgasm.
Definitions include: the bathroom.
Definitions include: "alright".
Definitions include: family relations are more important than other relationships.
Definitions include: the current situation is about to get out of control.
Definitions include: interjection used to announce one's arrival.
Definitions include: before you were even born.
Definitions include: acronym for "for what it's worth".
Definitions include: acronym for "Google is your friend".
Definitions include: "Go home, you're drunk," as a drunk person might say it.
Definitions include: home is where the horror is
Definitions include: "How are you doing?"

Other terms relating to 'play':

Definitions include: sexual activity involving the anus.
Definitions include: To tell someone something, even though it may not be right.
Definitions include: See play (one) stupid.
Definitions include: "free to play".
Definitions include: Being dissed or insulted.
Definitions include: an insult.
Definitions include: acronym for "live action role-playing."
Definitions include: a fair competition.
Definitions include: acronym for "massively multiplayer online role playing game."
Definitions include: Used to describe an action.
Definitions include: insane, clueless, lacking in mental ability.
Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other.
Definitions include: to cooperate.
Definitions include: of two groups or people, to pursue.

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