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Verb
S:
(v)
return
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take back
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bring back
(bring back to the point of departure)
S:
(v)
take back
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repossess
(regain possession of something)
S:
(v)
take back
(resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband)
S:
(v)
take back
(move text to the previous line; in printing)
S:
(v)
swallow
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take back
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unsay
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withdraw
(take back what one has said)
"He swallowed his words"
S:
(v)
take back
(cause someone to remember the past)
"This photo takes me back to the good old days"