sass back
Example Sentences
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“She always had that sass back at us, and we’ll miss it more than anything I think,” said Caroline Kerns, 18.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2015
How odd that a significant campaign moment should be the Bush camp's decision to sass back CBS's Dan Rather and that Bush should proudly describe the encounter as "Tension City."
From Time Magazine Archive
You must have been learning to sass back real smart, in the Old Country, heh?
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Lewis, Sinclair
She won't sass back to him, I'll bet, the way she would to Arthur.
From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.
Seem like I never will git so thet I can sass back in church 'thout feelin' sort o' impident—but I reckon I'll chirp up an' come to it, in time.
From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding
