take back
English Thesaurus
1. cause someone to remember the past (verb.cognition)
| hypernym | : | remind, |
| definition | : | put in the mind of someone (verb.cognition) |
2. take back what one has said (verb.communication)
3. move text to the previous line; in printing (verb.motion)
4. bring back to the point of departure (verb.motion)
5. regain possession of something (verb.possession)
| hypernym | : | take, |
| definition | : | take into one's possession (verb.possession) |
6. resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | relate, |
| definition | : | have or establish a relationship to (verb.social) |
7. take back what one has said (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | backdown, climb-down, withdrawal, |
| definition | : | a retraction of a previously held position (noun.communication) |
8. bring back to the point of departure (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | return, |
| definition | : | the act of going back to a prior location (noun.act) |
9. regain possession of something (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | repossession, |
| definition | : | the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default) (noun.act) |
10. take back what one has said (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | backdown, climb-down, withdrawal, |
| definition | : | a retraction of a previously held position (noun.communication) |
11. bring back to the point of departure (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | return, |
| definition | : | the act of going back to a prior location (noun.act) |
12. regain possession of something (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | repossession, |
| definition | : | the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default) (noun.act) |
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