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Meanings of answering back in English

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Usage of answering back in English
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An increasingly exasperated Cam loses his cool when Jesse won't stop answering back: Stop.
News.com.au
2
Irritating though any answering back or food throwing may be, don't ignore these signs.
The Guardian
3
She does far better in pursuing her present occupation than in answering back such slanders.
Rico and Wiseli
4
Moose Hillock evidently heard the challenge, for he was answering back in the murky darkness.
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
5
She stepped forward a little from the doorway and beyond him, answering back at him:
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 2
6
No matter what points you make against it, it is never betrayed into answering back.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
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Sailor after sailor heaved insults at the monster, which couldn't be bothered with answering back.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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And I have other ways of answering back.
The Guardian
9
It isn't yours! She was none so clever, poor thing, at answering back in a quarrel.
Wanderers
10
Now, no answering back, just give the child some supper and carry it home where it belongs.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
11
I know you said not to please him by answering back, but he came at me again .
The Irish Times
12
I suppose men who live in the East cultivate that, as it keeps natives from arguing and answering back.
Set in Silver
13
I remember answering back.
The Shuttle
14
They include 'Lauren' the schoolgirl who never stops answering back, and 'Nan' who has seen absolutely everything but can't always remember.
Radio NZ
15
The German guns were answering back intermittently, but holding most of their fire until human flesh came out into the open.
Now It Can Be Told
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There must be no answering back to him; no explanation was allowed a slave, showing himself to have been wrongfully accused.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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Answering back across language varieties
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