VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Fight Fire with Fire

Meaning:

Use the same measures that are being used against you, even if they’re stronger than you would usually use

Examples:

After the competitive offers from rival firms, our company has decided to fight fire with fire and reduce prices.

My role as the attacking option is to fight fire with fire.

They picked a team to fight fire with fire.

He tends to fight fire with fire.

Now is the time to fight fire with fire.

He's prepared to fight fire with fire.

If someone attacks me by bringing up problems I had in the past, I'll fight fire with fire and do the same by finding out things about their past.

They were armed to the teeth and ready to fight fire with fire.

The companies we compete against started spending a lot on advertising, so we had to fight fire with fire and also spend a lot in order to keep our market share.

We need to fight fire with fire.