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something for something



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The Latin phrase 'quid pro quo' – meaning something for something – simply denotes an exchange.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2019

In fact, all change involves loss, and yet life itself is change – we are always giving up something for something else.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2013

Since he lives in America, he gets something for something!

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin

On the verge of oblivion and the end, he had been snatched back by relenting Fate, which requires something for something given when laws are overriden and doom defeated.

From Northern Lights by Parker, Gilbert

In every case, therefore, there must be something for something.

From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour




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