How is “fight fire with fire” used?

In X-Men: First Class (2011), one line is: “Fight fire with fire. It makes sense.”

Which movie is “fight fire with fire” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from X-Men: First Class (2011).

Fight fire with fire. It makes sense.

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to use similar methods in a fight or an argument to those your opponent is using

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to use similar methods in a fight or an argument to those your opponent is using
Fight fire with fire. It makes sense.
- That is my feeling also. - Sometimes, one must fight fire with fire.

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版