answer back
phrasal verb
answered back; answering back; answers back
somewhat informal
: to reply to someone especially in a rude way
impolite children who answer back when their teacher corrects them
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The game went back-and-forth in the latter stages as the Cougars held onto their lead and the Gators repeatedly answered back to tie the game.
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Ahead of his film’s premiere, Kilmer and I traded questions and answers back and forth for a few days.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
One night, speaking to the vastness of the sky as if to communicate with her sibling, Elsa hears an answer back through the wind.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
But Makenzie answered back with a soft floater off glass, and Pelster hit a massive top-of-the-key 3 to push Mullen’s lead to 16 entering the fourth.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Ahead of his film’s premiere, Kilmer and I traded questions and answers back and forth for a few days.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
One night, speaking to the vastness of the sky as if to communicate with her sibling, Elsa hears an answer back through the wind.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
But Makenzie answered back with a soft floater off glass, and Pelster hit a massive top-of-the-key 3 to push Mullen’s lead to 16 entering the fourth.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for answer back
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“Answer back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answer%20back. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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