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answer back

verb
  1. To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back. · I'll thank you not to answer back like that! Where are your manners?· She answered him back rudely.
  2. To reply to a question from (someone) at a later time. · Please answer me back before the end of the week.
  3. To match an opponent’s recent scoring effort.
  4. To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.
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A body could answer back then and argue him into reason.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 45 · C1

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