Dictionary definition · take back
verb
- bring back to the point of departure
- regain possession of something
- resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
- move text to the previous line; in printing
- take back what one has said"He swallowed his words"
- cause someone to remember the past"This photo takes me back to the good old days"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).