take sth back
— Phrasal Verb with take /teɪk/ verb [T] (past tense took, past participle taken)Definition
THING › to return something to the place you borrowed or bought it from
WORDS › to admit that your opinion was wrong: You're right, he's nice - I take back everything I said about him.
(Definition of take sth back from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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