rejoinverb
uk/ˌriːˈdʒɔɪn//rɪˈdʒɔɪn/us/ˌriːˈdʒɔɪn//rɪˈdʒɔɪn/rejoin verb (RETURN)
usuk/ˌriːˈdʒɔɪn/[ T ] to return to someone or something:
She rejoined her husband in Toronto, after her holiday in Paris.
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Returning to a place
- backtrack
- call
- call back
- come
- come back
- double
- double back
- get back
- go
- go back
- not darken sb's door idiom
- reappear
- regain
- resume
- retrace
- retrace your steps idiom
- return
- snap
- turn
- turn (sb) back
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rejoin verb (ANSWER QUICKLY)
usuk/rɪˈdʒɔɪn/[ + speech ] formal to give a quick answer to what someone has said, in an angry or humorous way:
"No, I do not have time to help you," he rejoined impatiently.
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Answering & responding
- acknowledgment
- affirmative
- and the same to you with (brass) knobs on idiom
- answer back
- back
- counter
- counterattack
- counterblast
- fifth
- get
- get back to sb
- give
- I take/plead the Fifth (Amendment) idiom
- rejoinder
- reply
- respond
- respondent
- response
- thank you
- unanswered
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