bite back
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To fight back with words, OR to hold back something you were about to say.
"When the journalist questioned her integrity, the senator bit back with a list of her achievements."
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These Bugs Sent Me to the Hospital!
Brave Wilderness · 19:18
"Coyote Peterson finally gets to bite back at the bugs,
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frankie’s shelf · 5:23
this dedication which is to the girls who bite back.
i'm pretty sure this book is ai slop
frankie’s shelf · 136:36
This revenge story dedicated to the girls who bite back.
i'm pretty sure this book is ai slop
frankie’s shelf · 88:52
with a with the dedication to the girls who bite back.
Trump Is the Greatest At One Law Of Power — And It Could Destroy Him - Robert Greene
Triggernometry · 40:36
But it can hurt you in the it can bite back