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  • 61talk back — also[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… …

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  • 62talk back — also[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… …

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  • 63talk back — PHRASAL VERB If you talk back to someone in authority such as a parent or teacher, you answer them in a rude way. [V P to n] How dare you talk back to me! [V P] ...I talked back and asked questions. Syn: answer back …

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  • 64talk back — verb To reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner. Syn: answer back …

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  • 65talk back to — nobody talks back to Mr. Lynde Syn: answer back (to), be impertinent to, be cheeky to, be rude to; contradict, argue with, disagree with …

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  • 66talk back — answer rudely She is very strict and never allows her children to talk back to her …

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  • 67answered back — answer with a sassy tone, reply sarcastically; responded, did not keep quiet …

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  • 68back-answer —  Impudent reply …

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  • 69write back — v. 1) (A) ( to answer ) she wrote a long letter back to me; or: she wrote me back a long letter 2) (D; intr.) to write back to ( to answer ) she wrote back to me * * * [ raɪt bæk] or: she wrote me back a long letter (A) ( to answer ) she wrote a… …

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  • 70Let's Go Back (game show) — Let s Go Back was a nostalgia based game show that tested contestants knowledge of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s. It ran on The Nostalgia Channel (now AmericanLife) from July 8, 1991 May 28, 1993. Scott Sternberg was the host, creator, and executive… …

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