hit back

Verb

Meaning

hit back (third-person singular simple present hits back, present participle hitting back, simple past and past participle hit back)

To retaliate

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

return avenge retaliate reciprocate counterattack get even

Examples

Boards don't hit back. Bruce Lee

They've hit us and we've got to hit back hard, and I'm not just talking about the terrorists. Ann Coulter

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. Anne Lamott

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare... Anne Lamott

They made hypocrite judgments after the fact, But the name of the game is be hit and hit back. Warren Zevon

I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat. Muhammad Ali

Close letter words and terms

hit and giggle hit and run hit and run driver hit batsman hit below one's weight hit below the belt