take back
• reclaim possession of something.
• "after a year of occupation, they are impatient to take back control of their country"
• accept a partner or spouse again after a separation.
• "most people decide not to take a cheating partner back"
• strongly remind someone of a past time.
• "the film took me back to my childhood"
Similar:
evoke,
awaken/evoke one's memories of,
remind one of,
put one in mind of,
conjure up,
summon up,
call up,
echo,
suggest,
smack of,
• retract a statement.
• "I take back nothing of what I said"
Similar:
retract,
withdraw,
renounce,
disclaim,
disown,
unsay,
disavow,
recant,
abjure,
repudiate,
override,
back-pedal,
Opposite:
stand by,
• return unsatisfactory goods to a shop.
• "I took back the shoes and asked for my money back"
