Synonyms for take back

Synonyms for (verb) take back

Synonyms: take back

Definition: cause someone to remember the past

Usage: This photo takes me back to the good old days

Similar words: remind

Definition: put in the mind of someone

Usage: Remind me to call Mother


Synonyms: unsay, withdraw, swallow, take back

Definition: take back what one has said

Usage: He swallowed his words

Similar words: disown, renounce, repudiate

Definition: cast off

Usage: She renounced her husband; The parents repudiated their son


Synonyms: take back

Definition: move text to the previous line; in printing

Similar words: displace, move

Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant


Synonyms: take back, return, bring back

Definition: bring back to the point of departure

Similar words: bring, convey, take

Definition: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Usage: Bring me the box from the other room; Take these letters to the boss; This brings me to the main point


Synonyms: take back, repossess

Definition: regain possession of something

Similar words: take

Definition: take into one's possession

Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks


Synonyms: take back

Definition: resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

Similar words: relate

Definition: have or establish a relationship to

Usage: She relates well to her peers


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