take sth back
(a) (of a shop) agree to accept or receive back (goods previously bought there) (指商店)同意(顧客)退貨
We only take goods back if customers can produce the receipt. 顧客如能出示收據, 我們才能予以退貨.
(b) admit that sth one said was wrong or that one should not have said it; retract or withdraw sth 承認說了錯話或不該說的話; 撤回或收回某言語
I take back what I said (about you being selfish). 我承認我不該說你(自私). take sb back (to...) cause sb's thoughts to return to a past time 使某人回想(起...)
The smell of seaweed took him back to his childhood. 海草的氣味使他回想起童年時代.
Hearing those old songs takes me back a bit. 我聽到那些舊歌曲就有些懷舊.