own medicine
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"I piled it right up on his doorstep to give him a taste of his own medicine," Dean added.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Crockett called Greene an “instigator” who can’t stand a taste of her own medicine.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
Palace gave Liverpool a dose of their own medicine with a late goal in a 2-1 victory that finally exposed the flaws in Slot's team.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
In other words, the cell has been engineered to produce its own medicine to keep healthy in the tumor's hostile environment.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
I tried to convince myself that punks don’t feel guilty about giving mean people a taste of their own medicine, but by the time we got home, I felt even crummier about my joke.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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