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RETAKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does retaking mean?
• RETAKING (noun)
The noun RETAKING has 1 sense:
1. the act of taking something back
Familiarity information: RETAKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of taking something back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
recapture; retaking
Hypernyms ("retaking" is a kind of...):
recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))
Derivation:
retake (take back by force, as after a battle)
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