even a worm will turn
get back at
pay off old scores
bite back
an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
hit back
vindictive
snap someone's head off
retaliate
avenge
don't get mad, get even
revenge
revanche
eat the leek
self-redress
vengeance
vindictiveness
retaliator
vengefulness
tell off
slap down
get back
talk back
cheek up to
get someone's Irish up
retaliationist
grievance
score
grudge
requital
serve someone the same sauce
countermand
get someone's dander up
cheek up
reciprocate
bite in the arse
fix
show one's butt
reprise
this means war
strike back
even the score
revengeable
revictimize
talion
extrapunitive
retributer
rag
throw something in someone's face
deign
bug
antirepression
bat an eyelid
exculpator
scorch
blameshifting
bait
retributionist
have
avenger
reprisal
shamelessness
brazenness
retaliatingly
unprovoke
duckshove
pot shot
piss off
read someone the riot act
snitches get stitches
raise someone's hackles
call on the carpet
pay home
malicious
chap someone's hide
put one's foot in one's mouth
knock some sense into
reprimandingly
vengefully
lay for
vengeant
get someone's back up
rub up the wrong way
retaliation
hit out
revengefully
vindictively
vituperate
keelhaul
spiteful
set up someone's birse

English words for 'Even the meekest or most docile people will retaliate or seek revenge if pushed too far.'

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