argue back

argue back
argue back
to argue with or oppose someone; to answer back (to someone); to talk back (to someone). (Usually said of persons who are supposed to listen and obey without comment.) •

Please don't argue back all the time.

I wish you children did not argue back so much.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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