take+back
31take back — verb a) To retract an earlier statement No, you are not fat, I take it all back. b) To cause to remember some past event or time …
32take back — 1. Take again. 2. Recall, revoke, recant, withdraw, retract, disavow, abjure …
33take back to something — take (you) back (to (something)) to cause you to remember. That song takes me back to my miserable adolescence …
34take back — transitive verb Date: 1775 to make a retraction of ; withdraw …
35Vendor Take-Back Mortgage — A type of mortgage in which the seller offers to lend funds to the buyer to help facilitate the purchase of the property. The take back mortgage often represents a secondary lien on the property, as most buyers will have a primary source of… …
36take — ► VERB (past took; past part. taken) 1) lay hold of with one s hands; reach for and hold. 2) occupy (a place or position). 3) capture or gain possession of by force. 4) carry or bring with one; convey. 5) remove from a place. 6) …
37take — [tāk] vt. took, taken, taking [ME taken < OE tacan < ON taka < ? IE base * dēg , to lay hold of] I to get possession of by force or skill; seize, grasp, catch, capture, win, etc. 1. to get by conquering; capture; seize 2. to trap, snare …
38back down — [v] withdraw from agreement or statement abandon, accede, admit, back off, back out, back pedal*, backtrack, balk, beg off*, cancel, chicken out*, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, give up, go back on, hold back, recant, recoil, renege, resign,… …
39back-pedal — [v] change mind back out of, change opinion, default on, do an about face, do a U turn, fail to honor, go back on, go into reverse, have second thoughts, reconsider, renege, shift one’s ground, sing a different song*, take back; concept 13 …
40back down (on something) — ˌback ˈdown (on/from sth) derived (NAmE also ˌback ˈoff) to take back a demand, an opinion, etc. that other people are strongly opposed to; to admit defeat • She refused to back down on a point of principle. Main entry: ↑backderived …
