fight fire with fire

(idiom) use the same methods as your enemy

Example Sentences:

When Shania’s boyfriend kissed another girl, she decided to fight fire with fire, so she cheated on him.

A: My ex-wife is suing me!
B: Why?
A: She says I have to pay her money!
B: You should fight fire with fire! Sue her!

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Similar idioms:

1. give someone a taste of one’s own medicine
2. out of the frying pan and into the fire
3. get along like a house on fire
4. one’s bark is worse than one’s bite
5. fire away
6. pick up the check