| answer(verb, act, consider, oppose, return) |
| answer back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, act, return) |
| sass(verb, return, fight, dispute, informal) |
| reply(verb, act, return, acknowledge, deny) |
| respond(verb, act, return, acknowledge, deny) |
| come back at(verb, expression, idiom, return, acknowledge) |
| shoot back(verb, expression, return, acknowledge, deny) |
| retort(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, answer) |
| sauce(verb, informal, resist, words, utter) |
| echo(verb, act, return, acknowledge, deny) |
| give a snappy comeback(verb, expression, idiom, act, return) |
| react(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, answer) |
| acknowledge(verb, act, return, deny, answer) |
| act in response(verb, expression, idiom, return, acknowledge) |
| altercate(dispute, argue, disagree, contend, discuss) |
| argue(verb, consider, oppose, return, fight) |
| back at you(verb, expression, idiom, return, acknowledge) |
| bandy(verb, consider, dispute, argue, disagree) |
| be in touch(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, answer) |
| be in touch with(verb, return, acknowledge, answer, counter) |