serve someone with the same sauce

A form of serve someone the same sauce — To treat in the same way, especially as retaliation.

Meanings

verbserve someone with the same sauce (third-person singular simple present serves someone with the same sauce, present participle serving someone with the same sauce, simple past and past participle served someone with the same sauce)

present singular third person serves someone with the same sauce · participle present serving someone with the same sauce · participle past served someone with the same sauce · past served someone with the same sauce

  1. alternativeAlternative form of serve someone the same sauce.
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APA

serve someone with the same sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serve%20someone%20with%20the%20same%20sauce

MLA

“serve someone with the same sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serve%20someone%20with%20the%20same%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serve someone with the same sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serve%20someone%20with%20the%20same%20sauce.

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