TAKES BACK Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

takes back

verb

present tense third-person singular of take back

as in withdraws

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 takes back Missing a payment doesn’t immediately trigger foreclosure (when a lender takes back the property and sells it to recover what’s owed). — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Lestat hits snooze on death and takes back control of the narrative. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for takes back

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An Indian institution that’s built its operations around a foreign foundation model has no real recourse if that vendor raises prices, withdraws the model, hits new export restrictions or gets caught in a geopolitical dispute over chip access.

— Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The background of the film is the budget slashes that are happening in this sector all over the Western world, as the government withdraws its own form of care.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdraws

Verb

Japan has recently taken steps to expand its defense posture, including lifting its ban on lethal arms exports and mulling changes to Article 9 of its constitution, which renounces war and the maintenance of armed forces.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026
Miami will have the ability to use multiple sizable salary cap exceptions if Wiggins opts out or if Wiggins stays but Miami renounces Powell, which remove his cap hold and eliminate his Bird rights.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of renounces

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The mop even retracts into the chassis, which extends a cover over it to eliminate contact with carpets.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
With a catheter inserted into a vein, intravenous tubing fitted and a syringe pump loaded and primed, the subject waits as the bed retracts until his brain is centered within the great coils of an MRI machine calibrated to map altered brain states.

— Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 July 2026

Definition of retracts

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Israel, which isn’t a party in the proceedings, strongly denies that its actions amount to acts of genocide.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
The Carlson-Vance partnership has generated more conservative blowback over the past few years as Carlson has progressed from skepticism of Israel into anti-Semitism, which Carlson denies.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026