take back

1. (transitive)To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).

   No, you are not fat; I take it all back.

2. (transitive)To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time.

   That tune takes me back to my childhood.

   возвращать вvozvraščatʹ v, кk

   cause someone to remember the past

3. (transitive)To resume a relationship with (someone).

   She has forgiven him, and taken him back.

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

4. To regain possession of (something).

   (transitive)Physically so.

   The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring.

5. (transitive)Culturally so.

   The Queer community took back the word from their disparagers.

6. (transitive)To return (something) to a vendor for a refund.

   Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.

   возвраща́тьvozvraščátʹ, возврати́тьvozvratítʹ, верну́тьvernútʹ

1. I take back what I said.

   Я забираю свої слова назад.

   ruЯ беру свои слова обратно.

   deIch nehme zurück, was ich gesagt habe.

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2. He took back everything he said.

   Він узяв всі свої слова назад.

   ruОн взял назад всё, что сказал.

   deEr nahm alles, was er gesagt hatte, zurück.

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3. She took the book back to the library.

   Повернула книги до бібліотеки.

   deSie brachte das Buch zurück in die Bibliothek.

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4. I have to take these books back to the library.

   Я маю повернути ці книги назад в бібліотеку.

   ruЯ должен вернуть эти книги обратно в библиотеку.

   deIch muss diese Bücher der Bibliothek zurückbringen.

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5. Take a step back.

   Зроби крок назад.

   ruСделай шаг назад.

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irregular · Lesson

• take upпіднімати, братисяTo pick up.
• take offзняти, зніматиTo remove.
• take outприбрати, видалитиTo remove.
• take onвзяти, братиTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.
• take inпіднімати, братисяTo receive.
• take downпідвести, підводитиTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
• take backвідкликати, згадуватиTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
• take overперевищувати, перевершитиTo assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.