answer back

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === answer back (third-person singular simple present answers back, present participle answering back, simple past and past participle answered back) (ambitransitive) To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back. To reply to a question from (someone) at a later time. (sports) To match an opponent’s recent scoring effort. (computing) To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc. ==== Usage notes ==== In all senses the object (if mentioned) may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle. Proscribed in most contexts due to redundancy. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== answerback === Anagrams === back answer