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Strike back   /straɪk bæk/   Listen
Strike back

verb
1.
Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil.  Synonym: retaliate.  "The Giants struck back and won the opener" , "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"






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"Strike back" Quotes from Famous Books



... ears, if not the pair, were given How immensely nature seems to prefer men to women! Human nature to feel an interest in the dog that has bitten you I have and hold—you shall hunger and covet Idea is the only vital breath If I'm struck, I strike back Inclined to act hesitation in accepting the aid she sought Lengthened term of peace bred maggots in the heads of the people Loathing for speculation Mare would do, and better than a dozen horses Matter ...
— Quotations from the Works of George Meredith • David Widger

... to combat successfully with the cunning and the experience of these two unprincipled men, who would stop at nothing to accomplish their ends? But, they were not the kind of boys to give up a fight for life, as long as they could strike back; and the more difficult their situation appeared, the more grimly determined they became to win out somehow, or, at least, to ...
— The Cave of Gold - A Tale of California in '49 • Everett McNeil



Words linked to "Strike back" :   strike, hit



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