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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">take back</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to retract a remark is to take it back)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for retract that I've seen before include "Take back what was said" , "Eat one's words" , "Sheathe" , "Withdraw, take back" , "Withdraw one's statement" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Star Tribune, The Times, The Telegraph, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, The New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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