"hit back" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hits back [present, singular, third-person], hitting back [participle, present], hit back [participle, past], hit back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> back}} hit back (third-person singular simple present hits back, present participle hitting back, simple past and past participle hit back)
  1. To retaliate
    Sense id: en-hit_back-en-verb-kM1XVNKK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hit back meaning in English (1.2kB)

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          "ref": "2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC",
          "text": "The Baggies almost hit back instantly when Graham Dorrans broke from midfield and pulled the trigger from 15 yards but Paul Robinson did superbly to tip the Scot's drive around the post.",
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