Meaning
- To return something.
- To retract a statement or opinion.
- To remind someone of a past time or memory.
Today's Sentences
- I didn’t mean it. I take it back.
- This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
- Writer's Note
01
I didn’t mean it. I take it back.
Situation
Did you seriously just say my cooking tastes like cardboard?
I didn’t mean it.
I take it back.
Too late.
The spaghetti is now emotionally unavailable.
Tell it I’m sorry and I’ll bring garlic bread as a peace offering.
02
This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
Situation
Hey, listen!
They’re playing our song!
This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
Windows down and singing off-key.
I think we even took the extra long route, just to keep the music going.
Writer's Note
"Take back" is a transitive and separable phrasal verb.
- Transitive - Requires an object in the phrase for the sentence to make sense.
Example 1: That song really takes me back to high school.
Example 2: We took back the curtains and exchanged them for a different style.
Example 3: He took back what he said about the team. - Separable - An object can be placed between the particle "take" and the verb "back".
Example 1: I took the shoes back because they didn’t fit.
Example 2: The smell of rain takes me back to childhood summers.
Example 3: That photo takes me back to my first year abroad.
Related Words: Apologize, cancel, disavow, recant, recall, reclaim, recoup, redress, refute, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, undo, withdraw.
