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take-backsies

take-backsies is the alternative form of takesies-backsies.

Meaning of takesies-backsies

Noun

takesies-backsies sg or pl

  1. (childish, plural, singular) Synonym of backsie (“the act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement”).
    • “If I win, I get to decide who you go out with next. And it can be anybody, you can't dispute or refuse, no takesies backsies.”
      “Takesies backsies? What are you, twelve?” I said. “And what about if I win?”2017, Sarah Dessen, Once and for All, New York, NY: Viking, →ISBN, page 164
    Synonyms:
    backsie

Questions about take-backsies

What is take-backsies the alternative form of?
Take-backsies is the alternative form of takesies-backsies.

Words near take-backsies in the dictionary

  1. take your oil
  2. take-all
  3. take-and-bake
  4. take-away
  5. take-aways
  6. take-backsies
  7. take-home
  8. take-home pay
  9. take-home vehicle
  10. take-home vehicles
  11. take-homes

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