Support
Support verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.
Usage example: we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them
Take back
Take back verb - To solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to).
Usage example: I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was
Both terms in one sentence
- After being royally defeated by Ezio in Assassin's Creed II, Cesare Borgia of all people borrows his nemesis's secondary catchphrase (take back Roma) when trying to win himself support.
Source: Borrowed Catchphrase -
Chinese with Chopper Support: China enters the war on the Soviet side, forcing the Americans to take back Seattle before a Chinese amphibious assault can be mounted.
Source: Video Game / World in Conflict -
Then shit hits the fan, the task force is betrayed and after the survivors regroup,they proceed to almost take back the island in a single day, with no supplies network, no backup, no mechanized or aerial support and zero contact with the outside world.
Source: Videogame / ARMA
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