to talk back
121come 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 …
122come 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,… …
123answer back — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, answer, 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, reverberate,… …
124answer back — verb a) To reply impertinently; to talk back. Ill thank you not to answer back like that! Where are your manners? b) To reply to a question at a later time. Please answer me back before the end of the week …
125answer someone back — RESPOND CHEEKILY TO, be cheeky to, be impertinent to, talk back to, cheek; N. Amer. informal sass. → answer …
126back talk — noun Date: 1858 impudent, insolent, or argumentative replies …
127back talk — an impudent response; impudence. [1855 60] Syn. rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek, sass. * * * …
128back 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 …
