Word info Synonyms

answer back

Verb

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back.
I'll thank you not to answer back like that! Where are your manners?
She answered him back rudely.

To reply to a question from (someone) at a later time.
Please answer me back before the end of the week.

(computing) To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

Wasn’t that the weary old man’s choice Noah had made: filling the ark with dumb livestock instead of lively children who might answer back? Source: Internet

Prove that you’re looking for work in the right way, apply for jobs in the right way, jump through all the hoops, take what you’re given and don’t answer back.” Source: Internet

'There were about six or seven of them saying things, and I didn't answer back because I thought it would just fuel it.' Source: Internet

In Eat the Document, the question of how to respond (or answer back, or resist) was political and focused outward, with all the complications and consequences of those actions. Source: Internet

Somebody calls me a name, or impugns my patriotism or motives, I am going to answer back. Source: Internet

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