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Strike back   /straɪk bæk/   Listen
Strike back

verb
1.
Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil.  Synonym: retaliate.  "The Giants struck back and won the opener" , "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"





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... his tormentor and swore pathetically. "What's the use—what in the devil is the use?" he rasped, when the outburst began to grow measurably articulate. "You know as well as I do what's been done to me, and who has done it. Can I lift my hand to strike back, even if I had ...
— The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush • Francis Lynde


Words linked to "Strike back" :   strike, retaliate, hit


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