hit back

verb

Definitions

  1. To retaliate

    • 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.
  2. To return a missed phone call with (someone).

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hit back. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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