After the partnership collapsed and he lost everything, he told himself he'd never get back on the horse that bucked one, yet when the offer came he couldn't resist.

After the blender stopped working within a week, I want my money back.

After he sabotaged her promotion, she decided to pay back in someone's own coin by exposing his misconduct to upper management.

If you're done with the jabs, please put them back in the knife drawer, Miss Sharp.

In the strict boarding school, anyone who broke the rules often had one's ears pinned back by the matron.

To have one's ears pinned back is an old idiom meaning to be severely reprimanded, and my brother learned that the hard way after skipping school.

When cornered by a predator, the hare has one's ears pinned back and crouches low to the ground.

When startled, one instinctively presses close to the ground, having one's ears pinned back.

After being pranked for weeks, she started paying back in someone's own coin by swapping his sugar with salt.

When he discovered the betrayal, he paid back in someone's own coin by revealing his rival's secrets.