takesies-backsies

English

Alternative forms
  • takesies backsies, takesie-backsies, takesie backsies

Etymology

From take back +‎ -sies.

Noun

takesies-backsies pl (plural only)

  1. (childish) Synonym of backsie (“the act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement”).
    • 2017, Sarah Dessen, Once and for All, New York, NY: Viking, →ISBN, page 164:
      “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?”
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