to reply rudely to someone who has more authority than you
A survey of 2,000 parents suggests this is the age when children answer back and become influenced by their peers.
At school he was bullied for his weight but says he always answered back.
But there are ways of answering back.
Don’t you dare answer me back!
I don’t like children who answer back.
I'm not going to answer back.
It is his way of answering back those who doubted him.
It's a festival where writers get an opportunity to meet their audiences - but their audiences also get to answer back.
So what happens is one sees another one calling and waves, and the other one waves an answer back.
The way you answer back, his father sang.
You are answering back, get up that hill.
answers back
answering back
answered back
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
Was this page helpful?