take back

See also: takeback

English

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Verb

take back (third-person singular simple present takes back, present participle taking back, simple past took back, past participle taken back)

1. (transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).

   Synonyms: recant, unsay; see also Thesaurus:recant

   No, you are not fat; I take it all back.

2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time.

   That tune takes me back to my childhood.

3. (transitive) To resume a relationship with (someone).

   She has forgiven him, and taken him back.

4. (transitive) To regain possession of (something).
   1. Physically so.

      Synonym: reclaim

      The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring.

   2. Culturally so.

      Synonyms: reappropriate, reclaim

      The Queer community took back the word from their disparagers.

6. (transitive) To return (something) to a vendor for a refund.

   Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.

Coordinate terms

• bring back

Derived terms

• takeback (noun)
• takesies-backsies

Translations

take back — see withdraw

retract an earlier statement

Bulgarian: връщам (bg) impf (vrǎštam), върна pf (vǎrna) Czech: vzít zpět Danish: tage tilbage Esperanto: retiri Finnish: perua sanansa French: retirer (fr) Hungarian: visszavon (hu) Malay: tarik balik Polish: cofać (pl) impf, cofnąć (pl) pf Romanian: retrage (ro) Russian: брать (свои) слова обра́тно (bratʹ (svoi) slova obrátno, literally “take (one`s) words back”) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: povući (sh), opozvati (sh) Spanish: retirar (es), retractarse (es), desdecirse (es) Swedish: ta tillbaka, ångra (sv)

cause to remember some past event or time

Bulgarian: връщам (bg) impf (vrǎštam), върна pf (vǎrna) Danish: genkalde French: ramener (fr) Hungarian: visszavisz (hu) Portuguese: trazer de volta Russian: возвращать в (vozvraščatʹ v) (time), к (ru) (k) (event) Swedish: återkalla (sv)

to resume a relationship

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Danish: genoptage Portuguese: aceitar de volta

to regain possession of something

Bulgarian: връщам (bg) impf (vrǎštam), върна pf (vǎrna) Danish: tage tilbage Esperanto: repreni Finnish: ottaa takaisin French: reprendre (fr), récupérer (fr) Greek: Ancient: ἀναλαμβάνω (analambánō) Haitian Creole: reprann Hungarian: visszavesz (hu) Korean: 되찾다 (ko) (doechatda) Persian: پَس گِرِفتَن (fa) (pas gereftan) Polish: odzyskiwać (pl) impf, odzyskać (pl) pf Portuguese: pegar de volta Swedish: ta tillbaka, återta (sv) Vietnamese: lấy lại (vi)

to return something to a vendor for a refund

Armenian: վերադարձնել (hy) (veradarjnel) Bulgarian: връщам (bg) impf (vrǎštam), върна pf (vǎrna) Chinese: Mandarin: 退貨 / 退货 (zh) (tuìhuò) Danish: reklamere (da), returnere (da) Dutch: terugbrengen (nl) Finnish: palauttaa (fi) French: remporter (fr), retourner (fr), rapporter (fr) Hungarian: visszavisz (hu) Japanese: 戻す (ja) (もどす, modosu), 返す (ja) (かえす, kaesu) Latin: redhibeō, reddo (la) Persian: برگشتن (fa) (bargaštan), بازگشتن (fa) (bâzgaštan) Polish: zwracać (pl) impf, zwrócić (pl) pf Portuguese: levar de volta, devolver (pt), retornar (pt) Russian: возвраща́ть (ru) impf (vozvraščátʹ), возврати́ть (ru) pf (vozvratítʹ), верну́ть (ru) pf (vernútʹ) Slovene: vrniti Spanish: devolver (es), retrovender (es) Swedish: reklamera (sv), returnera (sv), återlämna (sv) Vietnamese: trả lại (vi)