strike back (English, verb)
expansion: strike back (third-person singular simple present strikes back, present participle striking back, simple past struck back, past participle struck back or (rare or archaic) stricken back)
Senses:
glosses: To respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To leave or set out (in a particular direction, often to where one has been).
tags: intransitive
glosses: To send (light, heat, a substance) in the direction of its source.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To push or force (someone or something) away.
tags: obsolete
transitive
Forms:
form: strikes back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking back
tags: participle
present
form: struck back
tags: past
form: struck back
tags: participle
past
form: stricken back
tags: archaic
participle
past
rare