talk back

verb

talked back; talking back; talks back

intransitive verb

: to answer impertinently

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The two were talking back and forth on the end lines and came to the net. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026 Curiously, though, Siri didn’t talk back in the demos. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026 Now a new generation of devices is trying to do something the read-only wearable never could, talk back to the body. Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026 He was uncaught by any orthodoxy, would talk back to any authority, and often voiced the unwelcome but true intrusive thought. Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for talk back

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“Talk back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20back. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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