strike back

1. (intransitive)To respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.

2. (intransitive)To leave or set out (in a particular direction, often to where one has been).

3. (obsolete, transitive)To send (light, heat, a substance) in the direction of its source.

4. (obsolete, transitive)To push or force (someone or something) away.

1. Strike on the back, but never on the stomach.

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2. When darkness falls and the insects are well-fed and tired, the farmers strike back.

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3. President Roosevelt decided not to strike back at Japan immediately.

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4. The true religion of the fertility Goddess cannot be kept a secret any longer. The earth is striking back with devastating blows.

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irregular · Lesson

• strike offпозначати, мітитиTo remove from a list or register.
• strike outвикреслити, викреслюватиTo lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.
• strike inоб'єднати, з'єднатиTo enter suddenly or with force.
• strike downупустити, упускатиTo kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
• strike backочолити, очолюватиTo respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.
• strike throughвикреслити, викреслюватиTo partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
• strike upTo start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship.