Payback
Payback noun - Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment).
Both words in one sentence
- The worst part is, it doesn't take up its turn, so after you get nailed with a payback, it can go and attack you for even more damage.
- Subverted with Shelly Levene who, having spent the entire movie as Williamson's Butt Monkey, eagerly takes the opportunity to take up where Roma left off and get a little payback.
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Naturally, the duo don't take too kindly to learning that Roxxon turned their lives upside down and are eager for payback!
Source: Comic Book / The Ultimates
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