"take back" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-take back.wav Forms: takes back [present, singular, third-person], taking back [participle, present], took back [past], taken back [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> back}} 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). Tags: transitive Synonyms: recant, unsay, recant Translations (retract an earlier statement): vzít zpět (Czech), tage tilbage (Danish), retiri (Esperanto), perua sanansa (Finnish), retirer (French), visszavon (Hungarian), retrage (Romanian), брать слова обра́тно (alt: свои) (Russian), povući [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), opozvati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), retirar (Spanish), retractarse (Spanish), desdecirse (Spanish), ta tillbaka (Swedish), ångra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-take_back-en-verb-NJjmc-I~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 24 19 19 Disambiguation of 'retract an earlier statement': 84 8 2 4 3
  2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time. Tags: transitive Translations (cause to remember some past event or time): genkalde (Danish), ramener (French), visszavisz (Hungarian), trazer de volta (Portuguese), возвращать в (vozvraščatʹ v) [time] (Russian), к (k) (english: event) (Russian), återkalla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-take_back-en-verb-yr7ro3Yk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 24 19 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "back": 18 33 16 15 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 33 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 31 17 18 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 43 13 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 18 36 14 13 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 15 41 12 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 41 11 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 55 11 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 40 14 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 15 43 13 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 42 12 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 40 15 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 17 36 12 16 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 36 12 12 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 43 13 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 16 42 12 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 15 43 13 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 40 13 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 15 39 15 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 40 12 13 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 42 12 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 43 13 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 41 12 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 15 41 12 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 49 12 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 42 12 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 15 41 12 12 20 Disambiguation of 'cause to remember some past event or time': 2 95 1 1 1
  3. (transitive) To resume a relationship with (someone). Tags: transitive Translations (to resume a relationship): genoptage (Danish), aceitar de volta (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-take_back-en-verb-v9iJWcrj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 24 19 19 Disambiguation of 'to resume a relationship': 2 4 89 3 2
  4. (transitive) To regain possession of (something). Tags: transitive Translations (to regain possession of something): ἀναλαμβάνω (analambánō) (Ancient Greek), tage tilbage (Danish), repreni (Esperanto), reprendre (French), récupérer (French), reprann (Haitian Creole), visszavesz (Hungarian), 되찾다 (doechatda) (Korean), پَس گِرِفتَن (pas gereftan) (Persian), pegar de volta (Portuguese), ta tillbaka (Swedish), återta (Swedish), lấy lại (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-take_back-en-verb-NwPIOLW0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 24 19 19 Disambiguation of 'to regain possession of something': 2 3 1 94 1
  5. (transitive) To return (something) to a vendor for a refund. Tags: transitive Translations (to return something to a vendor for a refund): վերադարձնել (veradarjnel) (Armenian), 退貨 (Chinese Mandarin), 退货 (tuìhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), reklamere (Danish), returnere (Danish), terugbrengen (Dutch), palauttaa (Finnish), remporter (French), retourner (French), visszavisz (Hungarian), 戻す (modosu) (alt: もどす) (Japanese), 返す (kaesu) (alt: かえす) (Japanese), redhibeō (Latin), reddo (Latin), برگشتن (bargaštan) (Persian), بازگشتن (bâzgaštan) (Persian), levar de volta (Portuguese), devolver (Portuguese), retornar (Portuguese), возвраща́ть (vozvraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), возврати́ть (vozvratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), верну́ть (vernútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), vrniti (Slovene), devolver (Spanish), retrovender (Spanish), reklamera (Swedish), returnera (Swedish), återlämna (Swedish), trả lại (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-take_back-en-verb-en:refund Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 24 19 19 Disambiguation of 'to return something to a vendor for a refund': 1 2 1 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: takeback [noun] Coordinate_terms: bring back

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time."
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          "_dis1": "2 95 1 1 1",
          "code": "da",
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          "word": "trazer de volta"
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          "text": "She has forgiven him, and taken him back.",
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          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
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          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "doechatda",
          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
          "word": "되찾다"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "pas gereftan",
          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
          "word": "پَس گِرِفتَن"
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          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
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          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
          "word": "ta tillbaka"
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          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
          "word": "återta"
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          "_dis1": "2 3 1 94 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to regain possession of something",
          "word": "lấy lại"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "retornar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvraščátʹ",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возвраща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvratítʹ",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возврати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vernútʹ",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "верну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "vrniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "devolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "retrovender"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "reklamera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "returnera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "återlämna"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to return something to a vendor for a refund",
      "word": "trả lại"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take back"
}

Download raw JSONL data for take back meaning in English (11.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": literally: take (one`s) words back vs. bratʹ (svoi) slova obrátno",
  "path": [
    "take back"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "take back",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": bratʹ (svoi) slova obrátno vs. свои",
  "path": [
    "take back"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "take back",
  "trace": ""
}

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