strike back

Verb

 * 1)  To respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.
 * 2)  To leave or set out (in a particular direction, often to where one has been).
 * 3)  To send (light, heat, a substance) in the direction of its source.
 * 4) * 1794,, Roman Portraits, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, “,” lines 2079-2080, p.161,
 * as when down ’ stream
 * Her burnish’d prow struck back the sun’s bright beam,
 * 1)  To push or force (someone or something) away.
 * 2) * 1669, uncredited translator, , by, London: John Allen, Chapter5, p.28,
 * if you cast a stone thereinto, it being struck back presently, you shall receive it cast forth again with great force.
 * 1)  To send (light, heat, a substance) in the direction of its source.
 * 2) * 1794,, Roman Portraits, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, “,” lines 2079-2080, p.161,
 * as when down ’ stream
 * Her burnish’d prow struck back the sun’s bright beam,
 * 1)  To push or force (someone or something) away.
 * 2) * 1669, uncredited translator, , by, London: John Allen, Chapter5, p.28,
 * if you cast a stone thereinto, it being struck back presently, you shall receive it cast forth again with great force.
 * 1) * 1794,, Roman Portraits, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, “,” lines 2079-2080, p.161,
 * as when down ’ stream
 * Her burnish’d prow struck back the sun’s bright beam,
 * 1)  To push or force (someone or something) away.
 * 2) * 1669, uncredited translator, , by, London: John Allen, Chapter5, p.28,
 * if you cast a stone thereinto, it being struck back presently, you shall receive it cast forth again with great force.
 * if you cast a stone thereinto, it being struck back presently, you shall receive it cast forth again with great force.

Derived terms

 * the X strikes back

Translations

 * Czech: vrátit úder
 * Latin: referiō