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hit back

verb hits back · hitting back · hit back

  1. intransitive 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. slang, transitive To return a missed phone call with (someone).

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verb to retaliate

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"hit back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hit%20back. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{hit_back_2026,
  title = {hit back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hit%20back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}