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What does answer back mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word answer back? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To reply impertinently; to talk back.
  2. To reply to a question at a later time.
  3. (computing) To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.
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With a pensive mood, he felt as if the moon was addressing him, and the stars enticing him to answer back.
It wasn't enough that she almost charged out of here with out saying anything, but then she had the nerve to answer back like that?
For far too long the Member States have hidden their guilt behind the complex mass of Commission officialdom who cannot answer back.
He was gone with a wink before Allison could open her mouth and answer back.
Being defended makes them feel that they never do anything wrong, and when they become teenagers they answer back.
They look sweet, they don't answer back, and their thought process is hidden behind gurgles and smiles.

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