| VERB | motion | take back, return, bring back | bring back to the point of departure |
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| possession | take back, repossess | regain possession of something | |
| social | take back | resume a relationship / relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband | |
| motion | take back | move text to the previous line | |
| communication | take back, swallow, unsay, withdraw | take back what one has said | |
| cognition | take back | cause someone to remember the past |
| Meaning | bring back to the point of departure. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | return, bring back | |
| Broader | bring, convey, take | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
| Catalan | retornar, tornar | |
| Spanish | devolver | |
| Meaning | regain possession of something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | repossess | |
| Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
| See also | take | take into one's possession |
| Catalan | recobrar, recuperar | |
| Spanish | recuperar | |
| Meaning | resume a relationship / relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | relate | Have or establish a relationship to |
| Meaning | Move text to the previous line; in printing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Meaning | take back what one has said. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | swallow, unsay, withdraw | |
| Broader | disown, renounce, repudiate | Cast off |
| Meaning | Cause someone to remember the past. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Broader | remind | put in the mind of someone |