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answer back
noun as in comeback
verb as in answer
Strong matches
verb as in back talk
verb as in mouth off
Weak matches
- back-talk
- come back at
- sass
- sass back
- wise off
verb as in react
verb as in respond
verb as in retort
Example Sentences
“I drop my broom, take a deep breath, and answer back, ‘Angels and ministers of grace defend us!’”
The Dodgers would answer back in the fifth, scoring twice after Ohtani hit an RBI double in the gap and scored on a single from Freeman in the next at-bat.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters that "from a European perspective there is only one country... willing to threaten us and that is Russia, and therefore we need a very strong answer back".
"Our geologists are beyond excited for our eyes to look at the Moon, and we've been training how to turn those observations into answering some of the biggest questions of our time, questions like Are we alone? We can answer that by going to Mars in the future, and this mission can be the first step in bringing that answer back to team humanity".
After Melvin threw Neeson’s answer back at him, the actor suggested the morning news personality was stirring the pot, moving his arms in a circle.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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