take back
[verb]
Synonyms: return, replace, restitute, restore, repossess, abjure, forswear, palinode, recall, recant, retract, unsay, withdraw

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take somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verb (see also take)

1. take something ↔ back to admit that you were wrong to say something:
You’d better take back that remark!

2. take something ↔ back to take something you have bought back to a shop because it is not suitable:
If the shirt doesn’t fit, take it back.

3. to make you remember a time in the past:
Having the grandchildren around takes me back to the days when my own children were small.

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take back
take (someone) back
to start a relationship again.
Why on earth would you take him back when he's been such a rat?

Mary took back her husband after he stopped drinking.

take (you) back (to (something))
to cause you to remember.
That song takes me back to my miserable adolescence.

take back (something)
1.
to get control over something you controlled earlier.
Democrats hope to take back the House of Representatives in the next election.

Once we give them up to the government, we will never be able to take those rights back.

2.
to say that something you said was wrong.
I take it back — this is a darn good car.

She wanted to take back her words — it wasn't easy to learn Chinese.

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take back something
take back (something)
1.
to get control over something you controlled earlier.
Democrats hope to take back the House of Representatives in the next election.

Once we give them up to the government, we will never be able to take those rights back.

2.
to say that something you said was wrong.
I take it back — this is a darn good car.

She wanted to take back her words — it wasn't easy to learn Chinese.

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take back
to admit to making a wrong statement
The man was asked to take back what he had said about his boss.

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take back something
to admit to making a wrong statement
The man was asked to take back what he had said about his boss.

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take back
v. To change or deny something offered, promised, or stated; admit to making a wrong statement.
I take back my offer to buy the house now that I've had a good look at it.
I want you to take back the unkind things you said about Kenneth.

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