Antonyms for take back

Grammar : Verb

Spell : teyk

Phonetic Transcription : teɪk

Definition of take back

Origin : 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.

verb retract

Example sentences :

You wait a little, and hear Uncle Peter take back what he's said about me.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Yet she would not take back the words either, nor would she grant the veil.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I know you say so, and I think very likely you will be glad to take back what you have said.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

But when I found out who he was I tried to take back my denunciation, and they wouldn't let me.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

They want us to take back the machinist that was dismissed the other day for drunkenness.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

And Scipio found the letter thrust out for him to take back.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Take back your note; you shall give it to me when I hand you the money.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

That was in the officer's thought when he refused to take back his Burmese servant.
Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding

Here he cut a large quantity of brazil wood to take back to Spain.
Extract from : « Discoverers and Explorers » by Edward R. Shaw

I think I looked so taken aback by that, that she had it on her lips to take back the request.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

Synonyms for take back

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