take back (something)

take back (something)
take back (something) 1. to get control over something you controlled earlier.

Democrats hope to take back the House of Representatives in the next election.

Once we give them up to the government, we will never be able to take those rights back.

2. to say that something you said was wrong.

I take it back — this is a darn good car.

She wanted to take back her words — it wasn't easy to learn Chinese.


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  • take back — verb 1. bring back to the point of departure (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑return, ↑bring back • Derivationally related forms: ↑return (for: ↑return) • H …   Useful english dictionary

  • take back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something back, you return it to the place where you bought it or where you borrowed it from, because it is unsuitable or broken, or because you have finished with it. [V n P] If I buy something and he doesn t like it… …   English dictionary

  • take back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms take back : present tense I/you/we/they take back he/she/it takes back present participle taking back past tense took back past participle taken back 1) to take something that you have bought back to the shops …   English dictionary

  • take back — {v.} To change or deny something offered, promised, or stated; admit to making a wrong statement. * /I take back my offer to buy the house now that I ve had a good look at it./ * /I want you to take back the unkind things you said about Kenneth./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take back — {v.} To change or deny something offered, promised, or stated; admit to making a wrong statement. * /I take back my offer to buy the house now that I ve had a good look at it./ * /I want you to take back the unkind things you said about Kenneth./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take\ back — v To change or deny something offered, promised, or stated; admit to making a wrong statement. I take back my offer to buy the house now that I ve had a good look at it. I want you to take back the unkind things you said about Kenneth …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take back to something — take (you) back (to (something)) to cause you to remember. That song takes me back to my miserable adolescence …   New idioms dictionary

  • take back — take something back into possession; apologize for saying something …   English contemporary dictionary

  • take back to — take (you) back (to (something)) to cause you to remember. That song takes me back to my miserable adolescence …   New idioms dictionary

  • take back — I retract, recant (see nullification). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To regain] Syn. retrieve, get back, reclaim; see recover 1 . 2. [To restrict] Syn. draw in, retire, pull in; see remove 1 , withdraw 2 . 3. [To disavow] Syn. retract, back down,… …   English dictionary for students

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