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talk back

[tawk-bak] / ˈtɔkˌbæk /


VERB
back talk
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“Yuletide Factory” is pitched toward those younger children, who happily talk back to the players.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

“Someone is talking to you, but you can’t talk back to them,” Moss said, before cracking a smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

“My experience, after 54 years of doing this stuff, is that the cops don’t like when you talk back that way,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

But until the arrival of the AI chatbot ChatGPT, most people had never actually spoken to it before - or had it talk back.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

Or perhaps it’s because I can’t talk back.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate




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