take sth back
— phrasal verb with take uk/teɪk/us/teɪk/verb took, taken
(SOMETHING BOUGHT)
B1 to return something you have bought to a shop:
Is it too small? Take it back and get a refund.
More examples
- If the skirt doesn't fit, you can take it back.
- I took the radio back because it was faulty.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- bring sth back
- claw
- claw sth back
- go
- go back
- money-back
- non-returnable
- put
- recover
- redeem
- replace
- restitution
- restore
- retake
- retrieve
- return
- reversion
- send
- take
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(STATEMENT)
to admit that something you said was wrong:
All right, I take it all back. It wasn't your fault.
More examples
- He refused to take back his assertion that I had lied.
- OK, I take it all back - Florida was a fantastic place for a holiday.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Admitting & confessing
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- admit
- admittedly
- avow
- back down
- climb
- come clean idiom
- concessionary
- eat
- eat your words idiom
- hand
- I stand corrected idiom
- make a clean breast of it idiom
- own up
- retract
- say
- self-confessed
- swallow
- swallow your words idiom
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