take back
phrasal verbtake somebody back
- to allow somebody, such as your husband, wife or partner, to come home after they have left because of a problem
take somebody back (to…)
- to make somebody remember something
- The smell of the sea took him back to his childhood.
- That song takes me back 30 years.
take something back
- if you take something back to a shop, or a shop takes something back, you return something that you have bought there, for example because it is the wrong size or does not work
- to admit that something you said was wrong or that you should not have said it
- OK, I take it all back!