take_back
has definitions from the field of printing
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[ verb ] bring back to the point of departure
Synonyms Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)The men he would take_back across the river stood there , but he turned_away from them . |
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[ verb ] regain possession of something
Synonyms Used in print (National Review...)Taken_back into the Army now as an Sp 4 , I am leaving 110 college_students whose teacher I am . Related terms |
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[ verb ] take back what one has said
Examples "He swallowed his words" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (printing) move text to the previous line; in printing
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[ verb ] resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
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[ verb ] cause someone to remember the past
Examples "This photo takes me back to the good old days" Related terms |
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