retrieve

Definition

  • verb: to get and bring (something) back from a place
  • verb: to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
  • synonyms: recruit, regain, restore

Examples

  • Many archaeological relics were 'retrieved' from the site.

  • They were able to 'retrieve' [='save'] the situation.

  • Can their relationship be 'retrieved'? [='salvaged']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Well, you weren't so bad yourself. Houston, in the blind. This is Kowalski. Our current location is approximately nine hundred meters out from the Explorer. Dr. Stone and I would like to retrieve the body of Mission Specialist Shariff and return it to the shuttle. Am I a go to retrieve? Roger that. (..)
    2013 Gravity
  • (..) no-go for re-entry. Houston, Explorer. Copy. Explorer, Dr. Stone requesting faster transport to bay area. Explorer, do you copy? - Explorer, permission to retrieve Dr. Stone. You're a go, Kowalski. Houston, this is Explorer, copy. All right. - We've lost Houston. We've lost Houston. (..)
    2013 Gravity