takesomethingback
phrasal verbwithtakeverbuk/teɪk/us/teɪk/took|taken
(SOMETHING BOUGHT)
B1
toreturnsomething you haveboughtto ashop:
Is it toosmall? Take it back and get arefund.
- If theskirtdoesn'tfit, you can take it back.
- I took theradioback because it wasfaulty.
Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- bringsomethingback
- chargeback
- clawsomethingback
- giver
- put
- recovery
- refund
- refundable
- regain
- regrow
- reintroduce
- reintroduction
- reversion
- send
- sendsomethingback
- syndication
- turn
- turn in
- turnsomethingover tosomeone
(STATEMENT)
toadmitthat something you said waswrong:
Allright, I takeit allback. It wasn'tyourfault.
- Herefusedto take back hisassertionthat I hadlied.
- OK, I take it all back - Florida was afantasticplacefor aholiday.
Admitting & confessing
- avow
- avowed
- avowedly
- breastbeating
- clean
- climb
- climbdown
- come cleanidiom
- concede
- concession
- concessionary
- confession
- cop
- cop tosomething
- deny
- eat humble pieidiom
- face
- hand
- stand
- swallow