HIT BACK


Meaning of HIT BACK in English

1.

If you ~ when someone hits you, or hit them back, you hit them in return.

Some violent men beat up their sons, until the boys are strong enough to ~...

If somebody hit me, I’d hit him back.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P

2.

If you ~ at someone who has criticized or harmed you, you criticize or harm them in return. (JOURNALISM)

The President has ~ at those who have criticised his economic reforms...

British Rail immediately ~ with their own cheap fares scheme.

= strike back

PHRASAL VERB: V P at n, V P

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