English verb: strike back | |||
1. | strike back (competition) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil | ||
Samples | The Empire strikes back. The Giants struck back and won the opener. The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing. | ||
Synonyms | retaliate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hit, strike | ||