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take back

verb
  1. To retract/withdraw an earlier statement

    "No, you are not fat; I take it all back."

  2. To cause to remember some past event or time

    "That tune takes me back to my childhood."

  3. To resume a relationship

    "She has forgiven him, and taken him back."

Synonymsrecant, unsay

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