hit back in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hit back in the English»French Dictionary

I.hit [Brit hɪt, Am hɪt] N

II.hit <pres part hitting, pret, pp hit> [Brit hɪt, Am hɪt] VB trans

See also direct hit

1. back:

back ANAT, ZOOL
dos m
to turn one's back on sb/sth lit, fig
to do sth behind sb's back lit, fig
get off my back inf!

II.back [Brit bak, Am bæk] ADJ

III.back [Brit bak, Am bæk] ADV

See also wall, scratch, own, hand, duck, beyond, answer

wall [Brit wɔːl, Am wɔl] N

I.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] N

II.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] ADJ

III.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] VB trans

IV.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] VB intr

I.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] ADJ (belonging to particular person, group etc)

II.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] PRON

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] N

I.beyond [bɪˈjɒnd] PREP Beyond is often used with a noun to produce expressions like beyond doubt, beyond a joke, beyond the grasp of, beyond the bounds of etc. For translations of these and similar expressions where beyond means outside the range of, consult the appropriate noun entry (doubt, joke, grasp, bound, etc.). See also I. 3. below.

I.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] N

II.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB trans

III.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB intr

hit back in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hit back in the English»French Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He hit back strongly after a midseason form slump.
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Wade trailed 1014, but hit back to 1415 and then missed a dart at double 10 to level the game.
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Moon hit back in a newspaper article in which he accused the critics of the book of attempting to censor him.
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Heart monitors revealed that the taller men were more likely to lose their tempers and hit back.
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Some small bookstores hit back by buying their stock from the supermarkets rather than their wholesalers.
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The girls hit back in the night, when he is not around, and write him a note of warning.
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When two consecutive batters hit home runs, they are said to hit back-to-back homers.
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In the process, they become the first teams in major league history to each hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the same game.
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