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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 backplay

  Familiarity information: RETAKING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETAKING (noun)


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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