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51back-answer — /bæk ˈænsə/ (say bak ansuh) verb (i) 1. to make a retort, usually regarded as an impertinence. –verb (t) 2. to reply or make a retort to (someone): the child back answered the teacher …
52answer for — Synonyms and related words: accept obligation, accept the responsibility, act for, agree to, appear for, back up, be accepted for, be answerable for, be regarded as, be responsible for, be security for, be sponsor for, be taken as, bind,… …
53back talk — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insolence, impudence, sass*, lip*; see answer 1 , rudeness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. lip, sass, mouth, guff, insolence …
54answer a letter — respond to a letter, write back …
55back talk — n. rude reply, sassy answer, sass, impudent reply, rude utterance …
56come back — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, answer, answer back, bounce back, come around, come back at, come home, come round, come to, come up smiling, double, double back, echo, flash back, get about, get over, get well, give acknowledgment, give …
57come back at — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, answer, answer back, come back, counter, echo, flash back, get back at, give acknowledgment, give and take, give answer, give in exchange, give in return, hit back at, react, reciprocate, reecho, rejoin,… …
58talk back — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, answer, answer back, come back, come back at, echo, flash back, give acknowledgment, give answer, lip, provoke, react, reecho, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer, return for answer,… …
59talk\ back — • talk back • answer back v informal To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn t make him. Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop… …
60come back — verb 1. be restored (Freq. 3) Her old vigor returned • Syn: ↑return • Hypernyms: ↑reappear, ↑re emerge • Verb Frames: Something …
