take back

Verb

• cause someone to remember the past
  • This photo takes me back to the good old days
    

• take back what one has said
  • He swallowed his words
    

• move text to the previous line; in printing

• resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

• regain possession of something

• bring back to the point of departure

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  swallow , unsay , withdraw , repossess , return , bring back