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hit back
verb as in counter
verb as in revenge
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
Such political statements are not customary after a meeting with the president, and Malloy hit back hard.
Perdue has begun to hit back at the Democratic attacks with two new ads of his own.
However, Uncle Gary hit back for his sister today, dismissing the piece as “inaccurate and mean” in a tweet early this morning.
In the case of the Syrian jet, critics are asking why Turkey chose to hit back now.
By dawn, President Hollande had hit back, threatening legal action for breach of privacy.
Weuns haint no more than dandy-lions in the path of the harrycane; leastwise weuns kaint hit back.
He'd been shoved around too long, but here he had one of them right in front of him, and for once he'd hit back!
Hit hard by the celebrated Cuff, he hit back smartly, to the best of his ability, on leaving the room.
When he was hit his first instinct was to hit back, and he did it in this case.
He could play with you as he did with us, and you could never hit back.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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