du tac au tac

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dy tak o tak/

Adverb

du tac au tac

  1. (informal) right back (forcefully, immediately and in kind)
    répondre du tac au tac ― to come right back (at someone), to answer (someone) right back
    • 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Petites pratiques germanopratines”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
      Le voilà qui me répond du tac au tac et je vous promets que c’est vrai : […]
      He comes right back at me, saying, and I promise you this is true: […]
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