take-back

Verbs

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

Synonyms

bring back return repossess unsay swallow withdraw

Words of close approximity