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takesy backsies

takesy 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 takesy backsies

From take back with -sy and -sies.

Questions about takesy backsies

What is takesy backsies the alternative form of?
Takesy backsies is the alternative form of takesies-backsies.

Words near takesy backsies in the dictionary

  1. takesie-backsie
  2. takesie-backsies
  3. takesies backsies
  4. takesies-backsies
  5. takest
  6. takesy backsies
  7. takesy-backsies
  8. takesy-backsy
  9. Taketa
  10. Taketas
  11. taketh

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