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return the compliment







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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

Prince Charles will return the compliment in a speech he makes at the handover ceremony on Monday evening.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2021

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