Nearby Words
take back
| Main Entry: |
take back
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back down, backpedal, call off, cancel, change one's mind, eat one's words, forget it, go back on, have change of heart, recall, recant, reclaim, renege, repeal, repossess, repudiate, rescind, revoke, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | back down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back off |
| Synonyms: | abandon, accede, acquiesce, admit, back off, back out, back pedal, backtrack, balk, beg off, bow out, cancel, cave in, chicken out, chicken out, concede, cop out, demur, give ground, give in, give up, go back on, have no fight left, hold back, pull back, pull out, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, take back, wimp out, withdraw, withdraw from agreement or statement, yield |
| Antonyms: | go forward |
| Main Entry: | back-pedal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change mind |
| Synonyms: | back out of, change opinion, default on, do a U-turn, do an about-face, fail to honor, go back on, go into reverse, have second thoughts, reconsider, renege, shift one's ground, sing a different song, take back |
| Main Entry: | forswear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, disavow |
| Synonyms: | abjure, deny, disclaim, disown, drop, forgo, forsake, give up, recall, recant, reject, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, swear off, take back, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | go back to, revert |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for return of offending thing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, annul, call back, call in, cancel, countermand, discharge, dismantle, dismiss, disqualify, forswear, lift, nullify, palinode, recant, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, take back, unsay, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | restore |
| Main Entry: | recant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back something said |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, abrogate, annul, apostatize, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, call back, cancel, contradict, countermand, deny, dial back, disavow, disclaim, disown, eat one's words, forswear, go back on one's word, nullify, recall, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, void, weasel out, welsh, withdraw, worm out of |
| Notes: | recant means to formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, while retract means to take back or to draw back or in |
| Antonyms: | confirm, emphasize, recapitulate |
| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find again |
| Synonyms: | balance, bring back, catch up, compensate, get back, make good, obtain again, offset, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, rediscover, regain, reoccupy, repair, replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retake, retrieve, salvage, take back, win back |
| Antonyms: | lose, mislay, miss |
| Main Entry: | regain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get back, get back to |
| Synonyms: | achieve, attain, compass, gain, get out from under, get well, make well, reach, reach again, reacquire, reattain, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, repossess, retake, retrieve, return to, save, take back, win back |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | resume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin again |
| Synonyms: | assume again, carry on, come back, continue, go on, go on with, keep on, keep up, occupy again, pick up, proceed, reassume, recapitulate, recommence, recoup, regain, reinstitute, reoccupy, reopen, repossess, restart, retake, return to, take back, take up |
| Antonyms: | finish, halt, stop |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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