fight fire with fire

English

Refers to the practice of starting back fires to prevent the uncontrolled spread of wildfires.

(idiomatic) To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).

idiomatic

Portuguese: combater fogo com fogo
Romanian: a scoate cuiul cu cui, a răspunde la foc cu foc
Russian: клин кли́ном вышиба́ют (klin klínom vyšibájut) (they remove a wedge with a wedge)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кли̏н се кли̏ном ѝзбӣја̄

Roman: klȉn se klȉnom ìzbījā
Spanish: combatir el fuego con fuego
Swedish: ont skall med ont fördrivas
Turkish: ateşe ateşle karşılık vermek
Urdu: مخالفت مکمل طریقہ استعمال کرنا‎ (muxālifat mukamil tarīqā istemāl karnā)
Vietnamese: lấy độc trị độc, dĩ độc trị độc

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