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Also, return the favor. Repay someone in kind, as in Her political opponent came out with a smear campaign, and she returned the compliment. Neither the compliment nor the favor in this idiom is necessarily desirable. [First half of 1700s]

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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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They called for peace, reconciliation, and the safe return of Father Gregorio.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
They feel that the system has few advantages to offer in return for the cost it entails upon them.
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It being offensive to the French, they took none of it with them on their return.
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After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
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