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"text": "I'll thank you not to answer back like that! Where are your manners?"
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"text": "She answered him back rudely."
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"To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back."
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "駁嘴"
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "responder"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "karşılık vermek"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "(yanıt) geri dönmek"
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"text": "Please answer me back before the end of the week."
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"To reply to a question from (someone) at a later time."
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"To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc."
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"(computing) To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc."
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "駁嘴"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bok³ zeoi²",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "驳嘴"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "頂嘴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǐngzuǐ",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "顶嘴"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "odmlouvat"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "répondre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "ribattere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "whakatoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "whakatoitoi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "responder"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "karşılık vermek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reply impertinently; to talk back",
"word": "(yanıt) geri dönmek"
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"word": "answer back"
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