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单词 hit back
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hit back

1. phrasal verb
If you hit back when someone hits you, or hit them back, you hit them in return.
Some violent men beat up their sons, until the boys are strong enough to hit back. [VERB PARTICLE]
If somebody hit me, I'd hit them back. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you hit back at someone who has criticized or harmed you, you criticize or harm them in return.
[journalism]
The President has hit back at those who have criticised his economic reforms. [VERB PARTICLE + at]
The senator hit back with a negative advertisement mocking his rival for being outof touch with computer technology. [VERB PARTICLE]
See full dictionary entry for hit

hit back in British English

verb (intr, adverb; often foll by at)
1. 
to make forceful blows (against an attacker)
2. 
to respond vigorously (to a verbal attack)

Examples of 'hit back' in a sentence
hit back

It finally let her go after she hit back.
The Sun (2011)
Now publishers have begun to hit back against the ad blockers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
MPs from across the political spectrum hit back against the conspiracy claims.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If the firm is going to hit back, the time is now.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If anyone has a go he's going to hit back at them live on air.
The Sun (2013)
Then it all changed - and they hit back against all the odds.
The Sun (2010)
Wounded pride does not work that way - it hits back harder, not softer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But if you stay in the pocket too long, you're likely to get hit back.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Well, there really is no better way to hit back than by scoring the goal which gives his old gaffer one hell of a festive headache.
The Sun (2012)

Chinese translation of 'hit back'

hit back

vi

  1. (lit, = strike) 回击(擊) (huíjī)
  2. (fig, = counterattack)
    to hit back (at sb) 回击(擊)(某人) (huíjī (mǒurén))

vt

  1. 回击(擊) (huíjī)
See hit

Nearby words of
hit back

  • history
  • hit
  • hit (up)on
  • hit back
  • hit off
  • hit out at
  • hitch

Related terms of
hit back

  • to hit back (at sb)
  • hit (up)on
  • hit out at
  • hit off
(phrasal verb) 
They hit back by offering a strong statement denying any involvement.
Synonyms
retaliate
I was sorely tempted to retaliate.
strike back
Our instinctive reaction when someone causes us pain is to strike back.
take revenge
reciprocate
Her loathing for Francine is reciprocated.
even the score
I was always borrowing his clothes, so it was his turn to even the score.
get your own back (informal)
wreak vengeance
exact retribution
give as good as you get (informal)
take an eye for an eye
make reprisal
give tit for tat
return like for like
See hit

Additional synonyms

in the sense of even the score
I was always borrowing his clothes, so it was his turn to even the score.
Synonyms
pay (someone) back,
repay,
get even (informal),
reciprocate,
equalize,
requite,
get your own back,
settle the score,
take vengeance,
take an eye for an eye,
give tit for tat,
return like for like
in the sense of reciprocate
Definition
to give or feel in return
Her loathing for Francine is reciprocated.
Synonyms
return,
requite,
feel in return,
match,
respond,
equal,
retaliate,
return the compliment
in the sense of strike back
Our instinctive reaction when someone causes us pain is to strike back.
Synonyms
retaliate,
hit back,
pay (someone) back,
reciprocate,
take revenge,
even the score,
get your own back (informal),
wreak vengeance,
exact retribution,
give as good as you get (informal),
take an eye for an eye,
make reprisal,
give (someone) a taste of their own medicine,
give tit for tat,
return like for like

Nearby words of
hit back

  • history
  • histrionic
  • hit
  • hit back
  • hit back at someone
  • hit home
  • hit it off

Related terms of
hit back

  • hit back at someone

Synonyms of 'hit back'

hit back

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