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Phrasal Verb: Take back

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Take back - Make someone nostalgic
Example:
That song always TAKES me BACK to when I was at university.
Notes:
- Separable [obligatory]
- International English
Take back - Retract a statement, admit that something was wrong
Example:
I had to TAKE BACK everything bad I'd said about them when I learned how they'd helped out.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 16 phrasal verbs with 'TAKE'

- Take after
- Take apart
- Take aside
- Take away
- Take back
- Take down
- Take in
- Take it
- Take it out on
- Take it upon yourself
- Take off
- Take on
- Take out
- Take over
- Take to
- Take up

 
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