hit back
— Phrasal Verb with hit /hɪt/ verb (present participle hitting, past tense and past participle hit)Definition
› to criticize or attack someone who has criticized or attacked you: The President hit back at journalists who said he was a liar.
(Definition of hit back from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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