retake
/ɹiːˈteɪk/ verb B2- To take something again.
- To take something back.
- To capture or occupy somewhere again. · The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.
- To photograph or film again; to do another take.
He/she/it retakes · Past retook · Past participle retaken · -ing form retaking
Verb forms
- Base form
- retake
- He/she/it
- retakes
- Past
- retook
- Past participle
- retaken
- -ing form
- retaking
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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“It would make very little difference to me,” said Caderousse, “if I were retaken, I am a poor creature to live alone, and sometimes pine for my old comrades; not like you, heartless creature, who would be glad never to see them again.”
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