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answer (someone) back
phrasal verb with answerverbuk /ˈɑːn.sər/ us /ˈæn.sɚ/
to speak rudely when answering someone in authority: （跟某人）回嘴，顶嘴
Don't you dare answer me back, young lady!小姐，你还敢跟我顶嘴！
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Denying & contradicting
abnegate
abnegation
breath
burst someone's bubbleidiom
contradictorily
counter-argue
debunk
deny
disabuse
disagree
dispute
I'm a Dutchmanidiom
make (a) nonsense of somethingidiom
myth-buster
myth-busting
non-acceptance
non-recognition
recant
refute
speak for yourselfidiom
answer back
phrasal verb with answerverbuk /ˈɑːn.sər/ us /ˈæn.sɚ/
to react to criticism by arguing or explaining: 辩护，答辩
The company criticized in the documentary was given the opportunity to answer back.记录片所抨击的那家公司被给予辩白的机会。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Answering & responding
acknowledgment
affirmatively
answer
answer the door
clap back
clapback
comeback
counter
counterattack
field
I take/plead the Fifth (Amendment)idiom
in the affirmative
keep (someone/something) away
non-respondent
non-responder
non-response
rejoin
respondent
response
thank you
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