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takesie-backsies

takesie-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

Origin of takesie-backsies

From take back with -sie and -sies.

Questions about takesie-backsies

What is takesie-backsies the alternative form of?
Takesie-backsies is the alternative form of takesies-backsies.

Words near takesie-backsies in the dictionary

  1. Takeshi
  2. Takeshita
  3. Takeshitas
  4. takesie backsies
  5. takesie-backsie
  6. takesie-backsies
  7. takesies backsies
  8. takesies-backsies
  9. takest
  10. takesy backsies
  11. takesy-backsies

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