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English Dictionarytalk back phrasal verb (
see also talk)
to answer someone in authority such as a teacher or parent in a rude or impolite way
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Idiomstalk backtalk back (to (someone))to answer rudely.
They were arrested on minor charges after talking back to a police officer. In my family, kids just never talked back.Etymology: based on the literal meaning of talk back (= to answer someone) [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
talk back v. informal To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh.
When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn't make him. Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop watching television; she said, "I don't have to if I don't want to." Russell was going somewhere with some bad boys, when his father told him it was wrong, Russell answered him back, "Mind your own business." [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲