hit back (English, verb)
expansion: hit back (third-person singular simple present hits back, present participle hitting back, simple past and past participle hit back)
Senses:
glosses: To retaliate
tags: intransitive
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To return a missed phone call with (someone).
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: hits back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hitting back
tags: participle
present
form: hit back
tags: participle
past
form: hit back
tags: past