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1 PHRASAL VERB If you take something back , you return it to the place where you bought it or where you borrowed it from, because it is unsuitable or broken, or because you have finished with it. □ [V n P ] If I buy something and he doesn't like it, I'll take it back. □ [V P n] I once took back a pair of shoes that fell apart after a week.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you take something back , you admit that something that you said or thought is wrong. □ [V n P ] I take it back, I think perhaps I am an extrovert. □ [V P n] Take back what you said about Jeremy!

3 PHRASAL VERB If you take someone back , you allow them to come home again, after they have gone away because of a quarrel or other problem. □ [V n P ] Why did she take him back? □ [V P n] The government has agreed to take back some of the refugees.

4 PHRASAL VERB If you say that something takes you back , you mean that it reminds you of a period of your past life and makes you think about it again. □ [V n P + to ] I enjoyed experimenting with colours–it took me back to being five years old. □ [V n P ] This takes me back.

▸  take down

1 PHRASAL VERB If you take something down , you reach up and get it from a high place such as a shelf. □ [V n P ] Alberg took the portrait down from the wall. □ [V P n] Gil rose and went to his bookcase and took down a volume.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you take down a structure, you remove each piece of it. □ [V P n] The army took down the barricades erected by the rebels. □ [V n P ] They put up the bird table, but it got in everyone else's way so Les tried to take it down.

3 PHRASAL VERB If you take down a piece of information or a statement, you write it down. □ [V n P ] We've been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we took your number down incorrectly. □ [V P n] I took down his comments in shorthand.

▸  take in

1 PHRASAL VERB If you take someone in , you allow them to stay in your house or your country, especially when they do not have anywhere to stay or are in trouble. □ [V n P ] He persuaded Jo to take him in. □ [V P n] The monastery has taken in 26 refugees.

2 PHRASAL VERB If the police take someone in , they remove them from their home in order to question them. □ [V n P ] The police have taken him in for questioning in connection with the murder of a girl. [Also V P n]

3 PHRASAL VERB If you are taken in by someone or something, you are deceived by them, so that you get a false impression of them. □ [be V -ed P ] I married in my late teens and was taken in by his charm–which soon vanished. □ [V n P ] I know I was a naive fool to trust him but he is a real charmer who totally took me in. [Also V P n (not pron)]

4 PHRASAL VERB If you take something in , you pay attention to it and understand it when you hear it or read it. □ [V n P ] Lesley explains possible treatments but you can tell she's not taking it in. □ [V P n] Gazing up into his eyes, she seemed to take in all he said.

5 PHRASAL VERB If you take something in , you see all of it at the same time or with just one look. □ [V P n] The eyes behind the lenses were dark and quick-moving, taking in everything at a glance. [Also V n P ]

6 PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If you take in something such as a film or a museum, you go to see it. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] I was wondering if you might want to take in a movie with me this evening. [Also V n P ]