sass back

With the Seahawks depleted and fighting for their playoff lives, you could practically see them get their sass back Sunday.

“She always had that sass back at us, and we’ll miss it more than anything I think,” said Caroline Kerns, 18.

How odd that a significant campaign moment should be the Bush camp's decision to sass back CBS's Dan Rather and that Bush should proudly describe the encounter as "Tension City."

The duke he begun to abuse him for an old fool, and the king begun to sass back, and the minute they was fairly at it I lit out and shook the reefs out of my hind legs, and spun down the river road like a deer, for I see our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever see me and Jim again.

He's handy to lay the blame on for things, and he doesn't dare to 'sass' back.