Fight fire with fire.

Fight fire with fire.
Fight fire with fire.
Prov. Use against your opponent the same methods he or she is using against you. •

After her opponent had spent several weeks slandering her, the candidate decided to fight fire with fire.

When evangelists would come to our house and try to convert us, Mother would fight fire with fire and try to convert them to her religion.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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