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take back - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
retract anearlier statement - verb To
cause toremember somepast event ortime - verb To
resume arelationship - verb To
regain possession of something - verb To
return something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause someone to remember the past
- verb resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
- verb regain possession of something
- verb bring back to the point of departure
- verb move text to the previous line; in printing
- verb take back what one has said
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Words with the same meaning
- abjure
- apologize
- ask forgiveness
- assert the contrary
- back down
- back out
- backwater
- beg indulgence
- beg pardon
- belie
- bring back
- climb down
- contest
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- counter
- crawfish out
- cross
- deny
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- disprove
- dispute
- eat crow
- eat humble pie
- express regret
- extradite
- forswear
- gainsay
- get back
- give back
- impugn
- join issue upon
- not accept
- not admit
- nullify
- oppose
- palinode
- put back
- ransom
- recall
- recant
- recapture
- reclaim
- recommit
- recoup
- recover
- recuperate
- redeem
- refuse to admit
- refute
- regain
- remand
- remit
- renege
- renounce
- renovate
- reoccupy
- repatriate
- replace
- replevin
- replevy
- repossess
- repudiate
- restitute
- restore
- resume
- retake
- retract
- retrieve
- return
- revindicate
- revive
- revoke
- send back
- swallow
- take issue with
- unsay
- withdraw
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