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View definitions for answer back

answer back

noun as in comeback

verb as in back talk

Strongest match

Strong matches

Weak matches

verb as in mouth off

verb as in sass

Weak matches

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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".

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"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".

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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.

The Nationals’ 5-4 lead lasted until Irvin exited the game at the start of the seventh — opening the door for the Dodgers to finally answer back.

China and the EU, the other two big trading blocs, would be likely to answer back which could lead to "huge ramifications of a global trade war", the minister acknowledges.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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