Reply rudely (6,4)

I believe the answer is:

answer back

'reply rudely' is the definition.

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for answer back that I've seen before include "Reply pertly" , "Retort" , "Be impertinent" , "reply impertinently" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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