shoot back
Example Sentences
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When you’re asked something like that, don’t you always want to shoot back, “Before you ask me about my experience, why don’t you tell me what you’ve done?”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Hurts’ odds might shoot back up should he not miss a snap.
From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2022
I don't yell or scream or shoot back rebuttals.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2022
Trim away blades that turn brown, and the grass will shoot back to life in spring.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021
I shoot back a quick message seeing if he wants to have our usual breakfast date in twenty, before putting the phone down and swinging my legs over my bed to grab my laptop.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
