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take back
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As a verb, take back means bring back to the point of departure.
Meanings of take back
6 meaningsverb
Bring back to the point of departure
Similar: return, bring backRegain possession of something
Similar: repossessResume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
Move text to the previous line; in printing
Cause someone to remember the past
“This photo takes me back to the good old days”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).