to reply quickly and often rudely to something that someone says. This expression is used especially to describe children being rude to their parents
But you can't do it if people won't talk back the other way.
Melanie, don’t talk back to your mother!
Most young children attempt to talk back to parents.
Now he is after another goal against Madrid to really get them talking back home.
Or maybe you don't like the way your children talk back to you.
talks back
talking back
talked back
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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