The English Oracle

What is the term for taking it out on someone even though you will be harmed by this too?

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00:00 What Is The Term For Taking It Out On Someone Even Though You Will Be Harmed By This Too?
00:23 Accepted Answer Score 22
00:33 Answer 2 Score 5
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

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"Cutting off your nose to spite your face" comes close to what you are describing.




ANSWER 2

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For a single word, you can consider spite, which means to go out of one's way to harm another for a perceived wrong.

In other words, it means to do something unnecessary (which means there is a cost) to harm another for what may be no legitimate reason at all.

An example is the spite fence. This is a fence that is put up for no other reason than to annoy a neighbor. It is generally done so at some cost to the one putting it up (for the material or at least the for labor).