■ take back

■ take back
■ take back
v. t. + avv.
1 prendere indietro; ripigliare; riprendere; ritirare (anche fig.): to take back defective goods, prendere indietro la merce difettosa; Stock not bought in the market is taken back by the Bank of England, i titoli di stato invenduti in borsa sono ritirati dalla Banca d'Inghilterra
2 portare indietro; riportare; restituire: to take goods back to a shop, riportare merce a un negozio; Take it back where you found it!, riportalo dove l'hai trovato!; Take it back to its owner!, restituiscilo al proprietario!
3 riportare; riaccompagnare: This bus will take you back to the town centre, quest'autobus ti riporta in centro; Take Mary back (home), will you?, riaccompagna a casa Mary, per favore!
4 (fig.) ritirare; ritrattare; rimangiarsi (fam.): I take back what I said, ritiro quel che ho detto; to take back one's promise, rimangiarsi la promessa
5 (fig.) riportare (q.) al passato; far ritornare (all'infanzia, ecc.); (far) ricordare il passato: This tune takes me back to my youth, questo motivo mi fa tornare agli anni della giovinezza
6 ► take aback
7 (USA) accettare (un'ipoteca: per un mutuo).

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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