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Return good with evil

Hi,

Could any one tell me the meaning that [return good with evil]?

And does [with] stand for [being with / go with / attending on]?

thank you for your assistance.
  

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[return good with evil]? -- Pay back good with evil: if someone does something good for you, then you do something evil to them. does [with] stand for [being with / go with / attending on]?

— Mister Micawber

  • [return good with evil]?
  • -- Pay back good with evil: if someone does something good for you, then you do something evil to them.
  • does [with] stand for [being with / go with / attending on]?
  • -- No.
  • I think it is this definition: 'with' -- (of means or instrument) by the use of; using: to line a coat with silk; to cut with a knife.
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[return good with evil]? -- Pay back good with evil: if someone does something good for you, then you do something evil to them.

does [with] stand for [being with / go with / attending on]? -- No. I think it is this definition: 'with' -- (of means or instrument) by the use of; using: to line a coat with silk; to cut with a knife.
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Hi,

Thanks a lot Mister Micawber.
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