return fire

English

Noun

return fire (uncountable)

1. (military) The firing initiated after receiving incoming fire.

Verb

return fire (third-person singular simple present returns fire, present participle returning fire, simple past and past participle returned fire)

1. (military) To shoot at the person from whom fire is being received

Translations

to shoot back

• Danish: besvare ilden, besvare ild
• Greek: αντιπυροβολώ (antipyrovoló)

Anagrams

• unterfirer