to get back at someone, to get even
Ela não ficou calada, deu o troco na mesma hora.
She didn't stay quiet, she got back at him right away.
The expression comes from the commercial meaning of troco: the change returned to someone who has paid. Behind it is the verb trocar ("to exchange"), the idea of giving back something equivalent.
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