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Take back

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement). transitive

    "No, you are not fat; I take it all back."

  2. 2
    cause someone to remember the past wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time. transitive

    "That tune takes me back to my childhood."

  4. 4
    take back what one has said wordnet
  5. 5
    To resume a relationship with (someone). transitive

    "She has forgiven him, and taken him back."

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  1. 6
    move text to the previous line; in printing wordnet
  2. 7
    To regain possession of (something).; Physically so. transitive

    "The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring."

  3. 8
    bring back to the point of departure wordnet
  4. 9
    To regain possession of (something).; Culturally so. transitive

    "The Queer community took back the word from their disparagers."

  5. 10
    regain possession of something wordnet
  6. 11
    To return (something) to a vendor for a refund. transitive

    "Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them."

  7. 12
    resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband wordnet

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