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All take back synonyms

take back
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verb take back

  • beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
  • cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
  • go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
  • abjure — If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
  • catch up — If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
  • give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • change one's mind — to alter one's decision or opinion
  • forget it — certainly not
  • call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
  • carry back — to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden
  • back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
  • go with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
  • forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
  • withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
  • back-pedal — If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.
  • give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • get well — conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.
  • eat one's words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • nig — nidge.
  • draw in — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
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