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take back

Dictionary definition · take back

verb

  1. bring back to the point of departure
  2. regain possession of something
  3. resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
  4. move text to the previous line; in printing
  5. take back what one has said"He swallowed his words"
  6. cause someone to remember the past"This photo takes me back to the good old days"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).