take_back has definitions from the field of printing
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[ verb ] bring back to the point of departure

Synonyms

bring_back return

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 .

Related terms

bring return

2
[ verb ] regain possession of something

Synonyms

repossess

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

take repossession

3
[ verb ] take back what one has said

Examples

"He swallowed his words"

Related terms

renounce withdrawal

4
[ verb ] (printing) move text to the previous line; in printing

Related terms

move

5
[ verb ] resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

Related terms

relate

6
[ verb ] cause someone to remember the past

Examples

"This photo takes me back to the good old days"

Related terms

remind

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