answer back
verb
- to make a rejoinder to something or someone authoritative
- to reply (not necessarily impertinently)
Wiktionary
verb
- To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back.
“I'll thank you not to answer back like that! Where are your manners?”
“She answered him back rudely.”
- To reply to a question from (someone) at a later time.
“Please answer me back before the end of the week.”
- To match an opponent’s recent scoring effort.
- To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.