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Meaning of takesies-backsies | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/ˈteɪksiz ˈbæksiz/

Definitions

Synonym of backsie (“the act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement”).

childish, plural, singular

Equivalents

Examples

““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?””
“It sounds like dystopian fiction that biotech companies could play takesie-backsies with patients' implants […] but the reality is we've already crossed into that world.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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