Search Result for "take_back":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. bring back to the point of departure;
[syn: return, take back, bring back]

2. regain possession of something;
[syn: take back, repossess]

3. resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband;

4. move text to the previous line; in printing;

5. take back what one has said;
- Example: "He swallowed his words"
[syn: swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]

6. cause someone to remember the past;
- Example: "This photo takes me back to the good old days"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

take back v 1: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, take back, bring back] 2: regain possession of something [syn: take back, repossess] 3: resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband 4: move text to the previous line; in printing 5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn: swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw] 6: cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"