TAKEN BACK Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

taken back

verb

past participle of take back

as in withdrawn

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was

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Recent Examples of taken back The former mayor’s test came back positive for meth, and he was then taken back into custody, per the outlet. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026 The escapee, who was not identified, was subsequently taken back into custody by the Erath County Sheriff’s Office. — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Wattenberg, the Broncos’ starting center, was injured during a one-on-one drill early in practice and tested the movement and range of motion of his left arm before being taken back into the facility with training staff. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2026 Visitors are taken back in time to imagine how this now extinct creature — three times the size of a modern-day great white shark — used to swim right over the National Mall. — Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026 Captured with its Mastcam instrument, a panorama composed of 340 images taken back on June 19 show the hexagons dominating a huge stretch of the landscape. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026 The monkey, which has since been nicknamed Oyster after the London travel card, was taken back to the bus depot in the nearby suburb of Willesden, where staff subsequently contacted the RSPCA. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 The sheriff's office said the inmate heard the K-9 unit and surrendered, being taken back into custody without further incident. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 13 July 2026 The property the church acquired represents the first sale of one of the buildings that were taken back through the loan foreclosure. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

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Forces were also sent to Los Angeles and Chicago, though those missions became tied up in legal challenges and troops were eventually withdrawn.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
The couple, who married in 2017 and have four children, were due to be seen before a judge in an Arkansas court on Monday but skipped the hearing after their not guilty pleas were withdrawn and a plea by order to the court was submitted.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of withdrawn

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Prices collapsed after 1986, domestic production was increasingly exempted, and the tax was generating almost nothing by the time it was repealed.

— Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026
Parents in the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania drew national attention in June when yelling broke out at a board meeting after the district repealed a policy that had given families a choice to opt out.

— Stephanie Cook Broadhurst, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

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Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter A controversial 2024 study that some vaccine skeptics used to argue that millions of people likely died as a result of COVID vaccines has been retracted over misinformation and issues with the research.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Rumors swirled about Alito’s retirement plans after NPR published and then retracted an article by reporter Nina Totenberg that Alito would be retiring from his role on the bench at the end of the court’s 2025-26 term.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026