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defend(verb, get, settle, return, acknowledge)
4
refute(verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
4
talk back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, return, acknowledge)
3
come back at(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, return)
3
get back at(verb, expression, idiom, get, settle)
3
shoot back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, return, acknowledge)
3
top(verb, adjective, return, informal, acknowledge)
2
deny(verb, return, acknowledge, reply)
2
explain(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, answer)
2
render(verb, pass, return, answer)
2
argue(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, defend)
2
boomerang(noun, verb, feeling, return, attitude)
2
come back with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, answer)
2
come in(verb, expression, pass, return, acknowledge)
2
feedback(noun, verb, feeling, return, sign)
2
interchange(return, exchange, respond, retaliate)
2
recoil(noun, verb, feeling, return, attitude)
2
remark(noun, verb, return, sign, report)
2
say(verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
2
take(noun, verb, feeling, return, attitude)
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