take back

Example Sentences

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Soto-Parada was taken back into custody and his sentencing was set for April 5 of next year.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, the Home Office said Angola and Namibia had agreed to step up efforts to take back their citizens, having been threatened with sanctions alongside the DRC.

From BBC

They replied that limits were placed on what could be taken back for "security considerations."

From BBC

Surrounded by screaming teenagers and a sea of recording phones, the rapper was taken back to when he was a student at the school from 2005 to 2006.

From Los Angeles Times

But the group couldn’t take back a 2016 email from Greenpeace USA’s executive director stating the “massive” support it provided to the protests.

From The Wall Street Journal