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| react(return, acknowledge, deny, answer) | |
| sass(noun, feeling, return, attitude) | |
| wisecrack(noun, feeling, return, sign) | |
| answer back(expression, phrasal verb, return, acknowledge) | |
| counterattack(noun, defend, defense) | |
| crack(noun, return, sign, report) | |
| squelch(noun, return, acknowledge, deny) | |
| counterclaim(noun, return, sign, report) | |
| cover(noun, reason, defend, explanation) | |
| defend(get, settle, return, acknowledge) | |
| refute(return, acknowledge, deny, counter) | |
| talk back(expression, phrasal verb, return, acknowledge) | |
| barricade(noun, defend, defense) | |
| buffer(noun, defend, defense) | |
| come back at(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, return) | |
| get back at(expression, idiom, get, settle) | |
| give | |
| guard(noun, defend, defense) | |
| safeguard(noun, defend, defense) | |
| screen(noun, defend, defense) |
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