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strike back

• retaliate.
• "he struck back at critics who claim he is too negative"
Similar: fight back, retaliate, hit back, respond, react, reply, reciprocate, counterattack, return fire, return the compliment, put up a fight, take the bait, rise to the bait, return like for like, get back at someone, get, give tit for tat, give as good as one gets, let someone see how it feels, have/get/take one's revenge, take/exact/wreak revenge, be revenged, revenge oneself, avenge oneself, take reprisals, get even, even the score, settle a/the score, settle accounts, pay someone out, repay someone, exact retribution, give someone their comeuppance, get one's own back,
• (of a gas burner) burn from an internal point before the gas has become mixed with air.
• "should the burner strike back, turn the gas off at the valve"


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