If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
She was punished by teachers for answering back...
I always answered him back when I thought he was wrong.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P
If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
She was punished by teachers for answering back...
I always answered him back when I thought he was wrong.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012