return the compliment
Example Sentences
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It took a long time for the country to return the compliment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
When Grande tried to return the compliment, Eilish quipped back, “This is not about me, ma’am.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
If you wish to return the compliment, blink and your cat might blink back.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2022
You knew he’d have to return the compliment one day.
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2019
He said: "Come now, Miss Vera Claythorne, aren't you going to return the compliment?"
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
