answer back
• respond cheekily or disrespectfully to someone, especially when being criticized or told to do something.
• "you couldn't argue with a parent, you couldn't answer back"
Similar:
be impertinent to,
talk back to,
respond cheekily to,
be cheeky to,
contradict,
argue with,
disagree with,
retaliate,
retort,
counter,
cheek,
sass,
be sassy to,
