take back

bring back to the point of departure

become or make darker

• “The screen darkened”
• “He darkened the colors by adding brown”

resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

move text to the previous line; in printing

take back what one has said

• “He swallowed his words”

cause someone to remember the past

• “This photo takes me back to the good old days”