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A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.

Tic-tac (also tick-tack and non-hyphenated variants) is a traditional method of signs used by bookmakers to communicate the odds of certain horses. Until the turn of the 21st century it was a very common sight on racecourses in the UK, but with the advent of mobile technology it is now seldom seen.

Tit for tat is often used after the verb go, as in The two of them were going tit for tat, trading insults one after another. The phrase is sometimes hyphenated, as tit-for-tat. Example: Until I made a mistake, the chess game was tit for tat, with each of us capturing pieces back and forth.

The tit-for-tat mentality indicates that we are suffering from emotional dependency—this is the kernel of truth. We end up being highly reactive to our partner because he or she is too important to us. We depend on our partner's approval, validation, and behavior for our security, prestige, self-esteem, and happiness.Jan 17, 2020

Tit for tat is an interesting idiom that means a response in kind, retaliation, counterattack. Tit for tat may be used as a noun or as an adjective. When used as an adjective, tit-for-tat is hyphenated.

John Heywood appears to be the first to have used 'tit for tat', in the parable The Spider and the Flie, 1556: "That is tit for tat in this altricacion [altercation]."

eye for an eye

nounretaliation for a wrong. avenging. getting even. measure for measure. payback.

Tit-for-Tat – a strategy that is a variation of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth - is clear and simple, never initiates cheating, and provocable that it is, it never allows cheating to go unpunished. It is surprisingly successful in two-person prisoner's dilemma games.