come back at

Strongest match

• vindicate

Strong matches

• chasten
• chastise
• punish
• redress
• repay
• requite
• revenge

Weak matches

• even the score
• get back at
• get even
• payback
• retribute
• stick it to
• take satisfaction
• take vengeance
• venge

Weak matches

• answer back
• back-talk
• sass
• sass back
• wise off

Strongest matches

• deny
• disprove
• fend off
• invalidate
• negate
• quash
• refute

Strong matches

• break
• confound
• confute
• controvert
• cross
• defeat
• evert
• negative
• overturn
• repel
• repulse
• top

Weak matches

• disconfirm
• get back at
• hold off
• keep off
• prove false
• stave off
• take on
• ward off

Strongest matches

• acknowledge
• answer
• behave
• come back
• counter
• react
• reply
• return

Strong matches

• reciprocate
• rejoin
• retort

Weak matches

• act in response
• answer back
• be in touch with
• come in
• feedback
• feel for
• field the question
• get back to
• get in touch
• talk back

Strongest match

• rebut

Strong matches

• counter
• crack
• rejoin
• repay
• reply
• requite
• respond
• retaliate
• return
• riposte
• sass
• squelch
• top

Weak matches

• answer back
• shoot back
• snap back
• talk back