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retract

/riˈtrækt/ American
  • v. 缩回, 收回, 撤回
Definition
  • v. to pull something back in, or to say that a previous statement is no longer true
Example
The newspaper had to retract its false statement the next day.
那家报纸不得不在第二天收回其不实的说法。