strike back

verb4

1. •
   To respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.

   • When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should—so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again. — 1847
2. •
   To leave or set out (in a particular direction, often to where one has been).

   • It was in this frame of mind that, striking back from the shore one morning into the windings of an unfamiliar lane, she came suddenly upon the figure of George Dorset. — 1905
3. •
   (no longer used) To send (light, heat, a substance) in the direction of its source.

   • A direct love begets a Reflect love, as the heat wrought in the earth strikes back a heat up into the aire againe. — 1645
4. •
   (no longer used) To push or force (someone or something) away.

   • […] if you cast a stone thereinto, it being struck back presently, you shall receive it cast forth again with great force. — 1669