Definitions for take back

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. return, take back, bring back(verb)

    bring back to the point of departure

  2. take back, repossess(verb)

    regain possession of something

  3. take back(verb)

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

  4. take back(verb)

    move text to the previous line; in printing

  5. swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw(verb)

    take back what one has said

    "He swallowed his words"

  6. take back(verb)

    cause someone to remember the past

    "This photo takes me back to the good old days"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. take back(verb)ɪk

    to return an item you bought to the store

    I took it back and got a refund.

  2. take backɪk

    to admit you should not have said sth

    I take back what I said about Susan - she's really nice.

Wiktionary

  1. take back(Verb)

    To retract an earlier statement

  2. take back(Verb)

    To cause to remember some past event or time

  3. take back(Verb)

    To resume a relationship

  4. take back(Verb)

    To regain possession of something

  5. take back(Verb)

    To return something


Translations for take back

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

take back(noun)

to make (someone) remember or think about (something)

Meeting my old friends took me back to my childhood.

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