Retook

Word RETOOK
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Definitions and meanings of "Retook"

What do we mean by retook?

Simple past of retake. verb

To take something again

To take something back

To capture or occupy somewhere again

To photograph or film again

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The word "retook" in example sentences

When the Muslim Saladin retook Jerusalem 90 years later, there was no slaughter. ❋ Unknown (2005)

French ship, which he retook from the English, after she had been three days in their possession. ❋ Jared Sparks (1827)

After that, dead silence: and the poor devil left in the trenches to digest that "retook"! ❋ Unknown (1915)

Alan West , a former head of the Royal Navy and security adviser to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and other senior naval officials say the U.K. wouldn't be able to mount the sort of naval operation that retook the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982. ❋ Alistair MacDonald (2011)

Isaac overcame the lost time from the fuel miscalculation, and retook the lead. ❋ Steve Lehto (2011)

Ethnic Berber fighters, who have joined the anti-government rebellion, retook Yafran, about 100 kilometers southwest of Tripoli, on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ibrahim, trained as an engineer, had taken up arms to defend the city early in the uprising, but went underground when Gadhafi's forces retook the town. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the town of Jisr al-Shaghour, witnesses complained to Arab satellite channels that security forces have arrested and beaten young men who returned after government forces retook the town early this week. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite restarting hostilities, the Russians proved unprepared when a Chechen offensive in August, led by Basayev, swept back and retook Grozny. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

Argentina invaded the islands, which it calls Las Malvinas, in 1982 and held them for two months until British forces retook control. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a student she got a D in maths GCSE but retook the exam at the same time as pupils to get an A*. ❋ Rachel Williams (2010)

Those numbers stand in contrast to the state of the electorate in the fall of 1994 -- less than two months before Republicans retook control of Congress with a message built on the public's distaste for government. ❋ Chris Cillizza (2010)

The largest, Yifran, is 45 miles 70 kilometers southwest of Tripoli and had been occupied by government troops for weeks when rebel fighters retook it on June 3. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That's how it has been ever since the combative Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), once a mentor to Boehner, became House speaker in 1994, the last time the GOP retook Congress from the Democrats. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

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