Take back (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause someone to remember the past

Example:

This photo takes me back to the good old days

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):

remind (put in the mind of someone)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take back what one has said

Example:

He swallowed his words

Synonyms:

swallow; take back; unsay; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):

disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move text to the previous line; in printing

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Bring back to the point of departure

Synonyms:

bring back; return; take back

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Regain possession of something

Synonyms:

repossess; take back

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "take back" is one way to...):

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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