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English verb: take back | |||
| 1. | take back (motion) bring back to the point of departure | ||
| Synonyms | bring back, return | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring, convey, take | ||
| 2. | take back (possession) regain possession of something | ||
| Synonyms | repossess | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| 3. | take back (social) resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relate | ||
| 4. | take back (motion) move text to the previous line; in printing | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| 5. | take back (communication) take back what one has said | ||
| Samples | He swallowed his words. | ||
| Synonyms | swallow, unsay, withdraw | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disown, renounce, repudiate | ||
| 6. | take back (cognition) cause someone to remember the past | ||
| Samples | This photo takes me back to the good old days. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remind | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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