takesie-backsie

From take back with -sie added to both words.

takesie-backsie (usually uncountable)

1. Alternative form of takesies-backsies (“the act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement”).
   • 2006 June 15, Molly Ivins, “Does the World See Bush As a Moron?”, in AlterNet‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 June 2006:

     Years ago, Mrs. T. Cullen Davis, of tacky Texas murder trial fame, said as her husband tried to grab a fabulous necklace he gave her, "This ain't no takesie-backsie." (You may now take a deep breath while considering the depth of that comment.) I feel that Iraq is also a "no takesie-backsie."

   • 2008 April 17, publius [pseudonym], “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 (Slight Return)”, in Obsidian Wings‎^[2], archived from the original on 20 April 2008; quoted in Gary, “Re: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 (Slight Return)”, in soc.retirement‎^[3] (Usenet), 23 May 2008, archived from the original on 2 December 2025:

     STEPHANOPOULOS: No takesies-backsies? LINCOLN: Yes. STEPHANOPOULOS: Whoa, so you would consider a takesie-backsie?

   • 2021 August 27, Luke Gordon Field, “Trudeau asks Governor General to declare election takesies backsies”, in The Beaverton‎^[4], archived from the original on 27 August 2021:

     “Two weeks ago when I asked for an election we had a decent chance of a majority government,” said Trudeau outside Rideau Hall. “But now we’re looking at potential Prime Minister Erin O’Toole. So I have no choice but to ask the GG for a takesie backsie, or as they say in latin ‘ebacks ad sietake.'”

   • 2023, Jessica Hatch, “The Same Day [September 17]”, in How to Keep a Husband for 10 Days, London: Bookouture, →ISBN:

     Fine. I’ll do it for the record collection. But I’m going to need that added to the divorce agreement in writing. You’re not getting a takesie-backsie on this one.