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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : an-ser, ahn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sər, ˈɑn-



Definition of answer back

Origin :
  • Old English andswaru "an answer, a reply," from and- "against" (see ante) + -swaru "affirmation," from swerian "to swear" (see swear), suggesting an original sense of "make a sworn statement rebutting a charge." A common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon antswor, Old Norse andsvar, Old Frisian ondser, Danish and Swedish ansvar), implying a Proto-Germanic *andswara-. Meaning "a reply to a question," the main modern sense, was present in Old English. Meaning "solution of a problem" is from c.1300.
  • As in comeback : noun snappy retort
  • As in mouth off : verb talk back
  • As in react : verb respond; conduct oneself
  • As in respond : verb act in answer to something
  • As in retort : verb answer
  • As in sass : verb talk back
  • As in answer : verb reply, react
Example sentences :
  • He rattled his sword in its brazen scabbard, but it gave no answer back to him.
  • Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
  • It was impossible not to answer back to that earnest affection he was expressing.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • Demoteles, who brings you this letter, will bring your answer back to us.
  • Extract from : « The Antiquities of the Jews » by Flavius Josephus
  • We shouted all the time; and by and by we got a faint kind of an answer back.
  • Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner
  • When I get the right kind of an answer back, Ill let you go—not before.
  • Extract from : « Tom Fairfield's Hunting Trip » by Allen Chapman
  • And the heart cannot answer back the intellect with arguments of language.
  • Extract from : « The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar » by Various
  • He proceeds to corporal punishment, exclaiming, "So you answer back, do you?"
  • Extract from : « Legends » by August Strindberg
  • I will not, she said firmly to herself, I will not answer back.
  • Extract from : « Nelly's First Schooldays » by Josephine Franklin
  • But if she could not answer back in public, at least she could answer back in private.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Lord Byron » by Francis Henry Gribble

Synonyms for answer back

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