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answer back

verb

  1. adverb to reply rudely to (a person, esp someone in authority) when one is expected to remain silent
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China and the EU, the other two big trading blocs, would be likely to answer back which could lead to "huge ramifications of a global trade war", the minister acknowledges.

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Plenty would think this unfair on the civil service, which has often found itself a scapegoat for failings of politicians but cannot publicly answer back.

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The action was finally halted in the sixth when Edwards was backed up on the ropes and unable to answer back with a flurry of punches landing on his head.

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Just a few weeks ago, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner defended Ms Gray's "exceptional" work and said she was being "demonised" in the media without the ability to answer back, with other ministers expressing discomfort at the "gendered" flavour of the attacks.

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She devises a way to beam them better, and gets an answer back, though not the answer anyone would expect.

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