touche

You got me

Touche is an anglicized spelling of touché

fencing

riposte

Swift clever reply

  • parryDefensive blade deflection
  • hitSuccessful contact or strike
  • pointExact location or meaning

foil · epee · sabre · lunge · thrust · bout · piste · counterattack · blade · fleche

debate

rebuttal

Formal response disputing claims

riposte · comeback · retort · refutation · parry · thrust · pointed · incisive · sharp · cutting

acknowledgment

conceded

Admitted defeat formally

you win · good one · nicely done · sharp · clever · witty · comeback · retort · zinger · burn

Categories
Opposites
acknowledgment of being bested

toucheno way

Emphatic denial

I disagree · wrong · nice try · not so fast · deflection

fencing outcome

toucheparry

Defensive blade deflection

miss · blocked · deflected · riposte · en garde

argumentative acknowledgment

touchenice try

Ironic concession to failure

wrong · invalid · I disagree · weak argument · deflected

Phrases
Family

touch, touching, touched, untouched, touches, touchable, touchiness, touchingly, touchier

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G