The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RECANT , but the solution may also be RECLAIM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Take back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RECANT | 27 % | 6 |
| UNDO | 16 % | 4 |
| RETRACT | 11 % | 7 |
| RESCIND | 10 % | 7 |
| REVOKE | 5 % | 6 |
| REPOSSESS | 5 % | 9 |
| RECLAIM | 4 % | 7 |
| UNSAY | 3 % | 5 |
| RENEGE | 3 % | 6 |
| REPO | 2 % | 4 |
| REWIN | 2 % | 5 |
| RECALL | 2 % | 6 |
| SSESSOPER | 1 % | 9 |
| RENOUNCE | 1 % | 8 |
| READOPT | 1 % | 7 |
| STARTLE | 1 % | 7 |
| REDEEM | 1 % | 6 |
| RECAPTURE | 1 % | 9 |
| REPEAL | 1 % | 6 |
| REGAIN | 1 % | 6 |
Why may RECLAIM be the right solution?
"Take back" means to retrieve or regain possession of something. "RECLAIM" means to retrieve or restore something that was lost or taken away. Therefore, "RECLAIM" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Take back".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- withdraw
- unsay
- return
- bring back
- repossess
- swallow
- retract
- retake
- swallow one's words
- row back
- unassert
- pull back
Crossword Answer definitions
RECANT verb- To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RECANT
- Take back
- Disavow
- Take back, as a statement
- Have a change of heart
- Say it isn't so
- Disavow, as beliefs
- Unsay
- Take it all back
- Eat your words
- Give in under pressure, perhaps
More clues leading to the result UNDO
More clues leading to the result RETRACT
- Eat your words
- Take back
- Take back, as a public statement
- Pull back, as talons
- Withdraw
- Withdraw, as a statement
- Rescind.
- Withdraw.
- Swallow one's words.
- Back water.
More clues leading to the result RESCIND
More clues leading to the result REVOKE
- Take back
- Dismantle
- Fail to follow suit
- Withdraw
- Annul
- Opposite of grant
- Annul, as a license
- Take away
- Bridge violation
- Take back, as a license
More clues leading to the result REPOSSESS
More clues leading to the result RECLAIM
- Take back, as land
- Win back
- Get back
- Make usable again, as land
- Take back
- Do this to old rubber.
- Make fit for cultivation.
- Salvage.
- Rescue
- Get your property back
More clues leading to the result UNSAY
- Recant
- Retract one's words
- Retract
- Take back
- Retract, as a statement
- Take back, in a way
- Retract.
- Recall the spoken word.
- Recant.
- Retract a statement.
More clues leading to the result RENEGE
- Bridge failure
- Bridge no-no
- Go back on one's word
- Go back on a promise
- Play a club when you should have played a heart
- Commit a card sin
- Goof in a card game
- Play a card out of suit
- Go back on
- Go back on a deal
More clues leading to the result REPO
- "____ Man" (Estevez flick)
- Taken-back car
- "___ Man" (1984 film)
- "___ Man" (Estevez film)
- "__ Man" (Estevez flick)
- "___ Man" (1984) or the totally unrelated "___ Men" (2010)
- Car, after missing too many payments
- Auctioned auto, often
- "Operation ___" (truTV reality show)
- "___ Men" (2010 Jude Law film)
More clues leading to the result REWIN
- Take back a title
- Capture again
- Take back, as a political seat
- Get back, as a title
- Take back
- Get back
- Be successful again.
- Capture back.
- Conquer anew
- Capture anew, as a lost love's affection
More clues leading to the result RECALL
- Pull from the shelves
- Bad news for the manufacturer
- Auto manufacturer's headache
- "Total ___" (Arnold Schwarzenegger movie)
- Auto manufacturer's woe
- "Total ___" (1990 Schwarzenegger flick)
- Remember
- Bring back to mind
- Auto maker's woe
- Detroit "Oops"?
More clues leading to the result SSESSOPER
More clues leading to the result RENOUNCE
More clues leading to the result READOPT
More clues leading to the result STARTLE
- Catch unaware
- Jolt
- Say "Boo!" to
- Suddenly spook
- Catch off guard
- Curl one's hair?
- Shake up
- Scare
- Frighten
- Say "Boo!" to, say
More clues leading to the result REDEEM
- Cash in
- Cash in a coupon
- Save a soul
- Make good
- Exchange for goods
- Convert to cash
- Buy back
- Use, as food stamps
- Cash in, as coupons
- Use, as coupons
More clues leading to the result RECAPTURE
More clues leading to the result REPEAL
- Annul legally
- Undo, as an amendment
- Undo, in a way
- Invalidate, as a law
- Abrogate
- Take off the books
- Annul officially
- Declare null and void
- Overturn, as a decision
- Strike down, as legislation