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answer back

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answer back
vb
(adverb) to reply rudely to (a person, esp someone in authority) when one is expected to remain silent
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? answer back
viwidersprechen; (children also)patzige or freche Antworten geben; don’t answer back!keine Widerrede!; it’s not fair to criticize him because he can’t answer backes ist unfair, ihn zu kritisieren, weil er sich nicht verteidigen kann
vt sep to answer somebody backjdm widersprechen; (children also)jdm patzige or freche Antworten geben


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and bring an answer back immediately," she said to the messenger.
I wish Hannah had come instead of me for it was Hannah that was wanted and she is better than I am and does not answer back so quick.
I thought, perhaps, if I waited an hour or so, I might take the answer back with me.
 
 
 
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