take back

rapporter, retourner

Rapporter au magasin un article acheté, généralement pour se faire rembourser.

En anglais simple : To return something you bought to the shop, usually to get your money back.

• I will take these shoes back.
• She took the broken radio back to the store.
• Can you take it back without a receipt?

Comment l'utiliser : take something back to somewhere (I took the faulty kettle back to the shop.)

Synonymes : return

Expressions courantes : take back something, take something back, take back shoes

retirer, rétracter

Dire que ce qu’on a dit était faux ou qu’on ne le pense plus.

En anglais simple : To say that something you said earlier was wrong or that you no longer mean it.

• I take back what I said.
• She took back her unfair criticism.
• Will you take that insult back?

Comment l'utiliser : take back what + clause (I take back what I said about your cooking.)

Synonymes : retract, withdraw

Expressions courantes : take back something, take something back, take back words

rappeler le passé, ramener dans le passé

Faire revenir à quelqu’un le souvenir d’une époque ou d’une expérience passée.

En anglais simple : To make someone remember an earlier time or experience.

• This song takes me back.
• The photograph took her back to her school days.
• Does this place take you back to your childhood?

Comment l'utiliser : take someone back to something (That smell takes me back to my childhood.)

Synonymes : remind, bring back memories

Expressions courantes : take someone back, take back someone

reprendre, se remettre avec

Accepter de nouveau son ancien partenaire et recommencer une relation avec lui.

En anglais simple : To accept a former partner again and restart your relationship with them.

• She agreed to take him back.
• He begged his wife to take him back.
• Would you take back a partner who cheated?

Comment l'utiliser : take someone back (She refused to take him back after he lied again.)

Synonymes : get back together with

Expressions courantes : take someone back, take back someone

reprendre, récupérer

Obtenir de nouveau quelque chose qu’on possédait, qu’on avait donné ou qu’on avait perdu.

En anglais simple : To get something back that you previously owned, gave away, or lost.

• He took back the ring.
• The army took back the town from the enemy.
• Can I take my book back now?

Comment l'utiliser : take something back from someone (She took her keys back from her brother.)

Synonymes : reclaim, recover, retrieve

Contraires : give away

Expressions courantes : take back something, take something back, take back control

se réapproprier

Se réapproprier un mot, un symbole ou une tradition, surtout après son utilisation contre soi ou sa communauté.

En anglais simple : To make a word, symbol, or tradition your own again, especially after others used it against you.

• The community took back the insulting word.
• Artists are taking back symbols once used against their people.
• They want to take back their language and celebrate it.

Comment l'utiliser : take something back from someone (The community took the symbol back from those who had misused it.)

Synonymes : reclaim, reappropriate

Expressions courantes : take back something, take back words, take something back