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What does "take back" mean?
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Retract a statement, as in I said you weren't much of a cook but after that dinner I take it all back. This usage was first recorded in 1775.
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take one back. Return in thought to a past time, as in That music takes me back to the first dance I ever went to. [Late 1800s]
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