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talk back

[tawk-bak] / ˈtɔkˌbæk /


VERB
back talk
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Agents can live up to that name and be good organizational assistants, rather than souped-up search engines that can talk back to you.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

"He was just so domineering and you just couldn't talk back to him," she added.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

“Yuletide Factory” is pitched toward those younger children, who happily talk back to the players.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

The excited audience, eager to talk back to the characters, disrupted the performers’ timing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Then I talk back and start contradicting everyone until the old familiar Anne refrain inevitably crops up again: “No one understands me!”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank


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