To have recovered something that has been misplaced, stolen, or hidden away
“The old man is too enfeebled to make the journey, and sends his young counterpart on the voyage to retrieve the treasure.”
To have removed from a particular place
To have recalled from memory
Past tense for to remedy or rectify something
“It is fairer to see Brienne as a pragmatic political operator who did what he could to retrieve an increasingly impossible situation.”
Past tense for to prevent or protect (something) from being destroyed
Past tense for to retrieve or generate for use
Past tense for to gain or come into possession of
Past tense for to remove or rescue (someone) from danger or harm
Past tense for to catch or stop (the ball) and return it
Past tense for to take or carry something from one place to another
Past tense for to revamp something to make it look new again
Past tense for to put in an application for
Past tense for to discover through studying or searching
Past tense for to extract from under a surface or ground
Having been returned to the same or original place
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