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Phrase(s): answer back (to someone) [and] answer someone back
to talk back (to someone); to argue (with someone). (Fixed phrase.) • I wish you wouldn’t answer back to me that way. • Please don’t answer me back like that! • Don’t answer back or I’ll ground you for a week!, Phrase(s): answer someone back
Go to answer back (to someone).
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs