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Claw me, and I will claw you.

Meaning: Mutual aggression escalates reciprocally; treating others harshly invites equal retaliation in return.

Origin: "Claw" meant scratch or flatter. It is an old proverb with close relatives in Gaelic and Dutch, and the ancestor of "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."

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