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cheek

2 verb
     
cheek2 [transitive]
British English to speak rudely or with disrespect to someone, especially to someone older such as your teacher or parents [= sass American English]
You can cheek some teachers and they just don't do anything.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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