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back answers

back answers is the plural of back answer.

Meaning of back answer

Noun

back answer (plural back answers)

  1. A sharp reply given to someone.
    • He’s called The General from the brazen craft
      And dash with which he sneaks a bit of road
      And all its fares; challenged, or chafed, or chaffed,
      Back-answers of the newest he’ll explode;1901, William Henley, Bus-driver
    Synonyms:
    retort

Questions about back answers

What is back answers the plural of?
Back answers is the plural of back answer.

Words near back answers in the dictionary

  1. back announcement
  2. back announcements
  3. back announces
  4. back announcing
  5. back answer
  6. back answers
  7. back at ya
  8. back at you
  9. back atcha
  10. back away
  11. back azimuth

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