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TAKE BACK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause someone to remember the past
Example:
This photo takes me back to the good old days
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):
remind (put in the mind of someone)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take back what one has said
Example:
He swallowed his words
Synonyms:
swallow; take back; unsay; withdraw
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):
disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Move text to the previous line; in printing
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Bring back to the point of departure
Synonyms:
bring back; return; take back
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):
bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 5
Meaning:
Regain possession of something
Synonyms:
repossess; take back
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):
relate (have or establish a relationship to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
