TAKE (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) BACK


Meaning of TAKE (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) BACK in English

take somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verb ( see also ↑ take )

1 . take something ↔ back to admit that you were wrong to say something:

You’d better take back that remark!

2 . take something ↔ back to take something you have bought back to a shop because it is not suitable:

If the shirt doesn’t fit, take it back.

3 . to make you remember a time in the past:

Having the grandchildren around takes me back to the days when my own children were small.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.