take back
Verb
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Verb
take back (third-person singular simple present takes back, present participle taking back, simple past took back, past participle taken back)
- (transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
- Synonyms: recant, unsay, Thesaurus:recant
- No, you are not fat; I take it all back.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time.
- That tune takes me back to my childhood.
- (transitive) To resume a relationship with (someone).
- She has forgiven him, and taken him back.
- (transitive) To regain possession of (something).
- The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring.
(transitive) To return (something) to a vendor for a refund. - Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.
- French: retirer
- Russian: брать (свои) слова обратно
- Spanish: retirar, retractarse, desdecirse
- French: ramener
- Portuguese: trazer de volta
- Russian: возвращать в
- Portuguese: aceitar de volta
- French: remporter, retourner
- Portuguese: levar de volta, devolver, retornar
- Russian: возвраща́ть
- Spanish: devolver, retrovender
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