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Definition of Take back

1. Verb. Bring back to the point of departure. "They take back the parcel to their parents"

2. Verb. Regain possession of something.

3. Verb. Resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband.

4. Verb. Move text to the previous line; in printing.

5. Verb. Take back what one has said. ; "He swallowed his words"

6. Verb. Cause someone to remember the past. "This photo takes me back to the good old days"

Definition of Take back

1. Verb. To retract an earlier statement ¹

2. Verb. To cause to remember some past event or time ¹

3. Verb. To resume a relationship ¹

4. Verb. To regain possession of something ¹

5. Verb. To return something ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Back

take a turn for the worse take a whizz take a wicket take aback take account take action take advantage take after take against take aim

take apart take arms take away take away from take back (current term) take by storm take care take care of take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves take chances

take charge take command take control take courage take cover take delight in take down take down a peg take effect

Literary usage of Take back

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1846)
"TAKE back, dear maid ! the blushing flowera Thy gentle fingen placed in mine, ... take back — take back thy onty gift, From which my memory ne'er shall part ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"The ground upon which Buller, J., thought that the action could not be maintained was, that, by refusing to take back the horses, the defendant had not ..."

3. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1846)
"take back — take hack thy only gift, From which my memory ne'er shall part. ... take back, dear maid ! the fatal prize That still reminds my heart of thee. ..."

4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"laid the Emperor; " here, take back your paper, and do not trouble me anv more with fuch idle tales." His uncle, Prince George of ..."

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