Meanings
verbtake back (third-person singular simple present takes back, present participle taking back, simple past took back, past participle taken back)
present singular third person takes back · participle present taking back · past took back · participle past taken back
- To regain possession of (something).
- transitiveCulturally so.
The Queer community took back the word from their disparagers.
Synonyms: reappropriate, reclaim
- transitiveTo return (something) to a vendor for a refund.
Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
verbPhysically so.
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verbCulturally so.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀναλαμβάνω
- ἀναλαμβάνω (analambánō)to regain possession of something
Bulgarian връщам, върна
- връщам (vrăštam)retract an earlier statement
- върна (vărna)retract an earlier statement
- връщам (vrăštam)cause to remember some past event or time
- върна (vărna)cause to remember some past event or time
- връщам (vrăštam)to return something to a vendor for a refund
- върна (vărna)to return something to a vendor for a refund
- връщам (vrăštam)to regain possession of something
- върна (vărna)to regain possession of something
Chinese Mandarin 撤回, 退貨 /退货
- 撤回 (chèhuí)retract an earlier statement
- 退貨 /退货 (tuìhuò)to return something to a vendor for a refund
Czech vzít zpět
- vzít zpětretract an earlier statement
Danish tage tilbage, genkalde
- tage tilbageretract an earlier statement
- genkaldecause to remember some past event or time
- genoptageto resume a relationship
- reklamereto return something to a vendor for a refund
- returnereto return something to a vendor for a refund
- tage tilbageto regain possession of something
Dutch terugbrengen
- terugbrengento return something to a vendor for a refund
Esperanto retiri, repreni
- retiriretract an earlier statement
- reprenito regain possession of something
Finnish perua sanansa, palauttaa
- perua sanansaretract an earlier statement
- palauttaato return something to a vendor for a refund
- ottaa takaisinto regain possession of something
French retirer, ramener
- retirerretract an earlier statement
- ramenercause to remember some past event or time
- remporterto return something to a vendor for a refund
- retournerto return something to a vendor for a refund
- rapporterto return something to a vendor for a refund
- reprendreto regain possession of something
- récupérerto regain possession of something
Hungarian visszavon, visszavisz
- visszavonretract an earlier statement
- visszaviszcause to remember some past event or time
- visszaviszto return something to a vendor for a refund
- visszaveszto regain possession of something
Japanese 戻す, 返す
- 戻す (modosu)to return something to a vendor for a refund
- 返す (kaesu)to return something to a vendor for a refund
Korean 되찾다
- 되찾다 (doechatda)to regain possession of something
Latin redhibeō, reddo
- redhibeōto return something to a vendor for a refund
- reddoto return something to a vendor for a refund
Malay tarik balik
- tarik balikretract an earlier statement
Persian برگشتن, بازگشتن
- برگشتن (bargaštan)to return something to a vendor for a refund
- بازگشتن (bâzgaštan)to return something to a vendor for a refund
- پَس گِرِفتَن (pas gereftan)to regain possession of something
Polish cofać, cofnąć
- cofaćretract an earlier statement
- cofnąćretract an earlier statement
- zwracaćto return something to a vendor for a refund
- zwrócićto return something to a vendor for a refund
- odzyskiwaćto regain possession of something
- odzyskaćto regain possession of something
Portuguese trazer de volta, aceitar de volta
- trazer de voltacause to remember some past event or time
- aceitar de voltato resume a relationship
- reatarto resume a relationship
- levar de voltato return something to a vendor for a refund
- devolverto return something to a vendor for a refund
- retornarto return something to a vendor for a refund
- pegar de voltato regain possession of something
Romanian retrage
- retrageretract an earlier statement
Russian возвращать в, к
- возвращать в (vozvraščatʹ v)cause to remember some past event or time
- к (k)cause to remember some past event or time
- возвраща́ть (vozvraščátʹ)to return something to a vendor for a refund
- возврати́ть (vozvratítʹ)to return something to a vendor for a refund
- верну́ть (vernútʹ)to return something to a vendor for a refund
Spanish retirar, retractarse
- retirarretract an earlier statement
- retractarseretract an earlier statement
- desdecirseretract an earlier statement
- devolverto return something to a vendor for a refund
- retrovenderto return something to a vendor for a refund
Swedish ta tillbaka, ångra
- ta tillbakaretract an earlier statement
- ångraretract an earlier statement
- återkallacause to remember some past event or time
- reklamerato return something to a vendor for a refund
- returnerato return something to a vendor for a refund
- återlämnato return something to a vendor for a refund
- ta tillbakato regain possession of something
- återtato regain possession of something
Vietnamese trả lại, lấy lại
- trả lạito return something to a vendor for a refund
- lấy lạito regain possession of something
Cite this entry
APA
take back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20back
MLA
“take back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20back. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take back,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20back.
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