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catch a Tartar

verb

Roget 718: retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate etc. 148; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; ... show more

Roget 547: be deceived etc. 545, be the dupe of; fall into a trap; swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; bite, catch a Tartar.   

Roget 699: be unskillful etc. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip; hobble ... show more

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