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answer back

Definitions

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  • verb idiomatic To reply impertinently; to talk back.
  • verb To reply to a question at a later time.
  • verb computing To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.

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synonyms (27)

Words with the same meaning

  1. acknowledge
  2. answer
  3. come back
  4. come back at
  5. echo
  6. flash back
  7. give acknowledgment
  8. give answer
  9. lip
  10. provoke
  11. react
  12. reecho
  13. rejoin
  14. reply
  15. respond
  16. retort
  17. return
  18. return answer
  19. return for answer
  20. reverberate
  21. riposte
  22. sass
  23. sauce
  24. say
  25. say in reply
  26. shoot back
  27. talk back

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