hit back
— phrasal verb with hit uk/hɪt/us/hɪt/verb present participle hitting, past tense and past participle hit
to attack or criticize someone who has attacked or criticized you:
In tonight's speech, the minister is expected to hit back at critics who have attacked her handling of the crisis.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revenge and vengefulness
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- even
- hit
- mind
- own
- pay
- payback
- reprisal
- retaliate
- retaliatory
- revenge
- revenge is sweet idiom
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance
- vengeful
- vindictive
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