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shoot back

verb as in retort

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At the beginning of the video and before the call to kill police, you can hear what sounds like, “arms up, shoot back!”

Some of the slogans used that night—including “arms up, shoot back!”

It would be interesting to find out more about the radicals whose slogan is “shoot back.”

He might have kept doing it, but at the approach of cops who might shoot back he ducked into a room and killed himself.

Palin was quick to shoot back, in an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News.

He heard the bolt shoot back, the door was opened, and Julie stood before him, pale but erect and courageous.

It's awful to have to confess it, but I'm willing to run from any man that's shooting at me when I can't shoot back.

Barney Owen was tying the knot of the rope more securely when he heard the bolt on the pantry door shoot back.

Whin he got older, they begun shootin' at him; an' it wasn't manny years befure he begun to shoot back.

Suddenly he heard the bolt shoot back, and the door quietly opened.

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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shoot back, such as: acknowledge, argue, claim, defend, deny, and explain.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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