Verb
(intransitive) To retaliate.
(transitive) To repress (an emotion or a response).
He bit back his anger and managed a courteous reply.
The snake will always bite back. Jake Roberts
We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally. Bernie Taupin
Any dog, you put him in the corner, no matter if they're vicious or not, they're going to bite back. Mike James
But Iget afraid. It's just that fear makes me sort of... angry and resentful, and I bite back at it. It's hard to describe." It isn't hard to describe, you idiot," Aud said. "It's called courage. Jonathan Stroud
When a dog bites you, do not bite back. Thai Proverb