"back at you" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-back at you.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} back at you, {{en-PP}} back at you
  1. (idiomatic, US) Used to return a greeting or insult. Tags: US, idiomatic Synonyms: same to you, likewise, back atcha, backatcha, right back at you Translations (same to you — see also same to you): i lige måde (Danish), lige over (Danish), kiitos samoin (Finnish), sitä samaa (Finnish), wzajemnie (Polish), и тебе́ того́ же (i tebé tovó že) (english: to a greeting) [informal] (Russian), и ва́м того́ же (i vám tovó že) [formal] (Russian), сам тако́й (sam takój) (english: returning an insult) [addressee-masculine, informal] (Russian), сама́ така́я (samá takája) (english: returning an insult) [addressee-feminine, informal] (Russian), detsamma (Swedish)

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