answer (sb) back
— phrasal verb with answer uk/ˈɑːn.sər/us/ˈæn.sɚ/verb
to speak rudely when answering someone in authority:
Don't you dare answer me back, young lady!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- answer
- change your tune idiom
- defensive
- denial
- deny
- disagree
- Dutchman
- hell
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
- make (a) nonsense of sth idiom
- nonsense
- oxymoron
- rebut
- rebuttal
- speak for yourself idiom
- stand
- stand sth on its head idiom
- talk
- the hell sb is/does, etc. idiom
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