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1. phrasal verb If something goes back to a particular time in the past, it was made or started at that time.
The feud between the two sects goes back to the 11th century. [ VERB PARTICLE + to ]
Our association with him goes back four years. [ VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb If someone goes back to a time in the past, they begin to discuss or consider events that happened at that time.
If you go back to 1960, you'll find that very few jobs were being created. [ VERB PARTICLE + to ]
[ Also
VERB PARTICLE noun
] More Synonyms of go back
See full dictionary entry for go go back in British English
verb ( intr, adverb) 2. ( often foll by to) to originate (in)
the links with France go back to the Norman Conquest
3. ( foll by on) to change one's mind about; repudiate (esp in the phrase go back on one's word )
4. (of clocks and watches) to be set to an earlier time, as during British Summer Time
when do the clocks go back this year?
Examples of 'go back' in a sentence go back
To support the claim you will need detailed records going back four years. We are about to go back to the future. Would you all mind going back down the tunnel and coming out again? No one can go back and make things in the past turn out differently than they have. Your fear of arguments could go back a long time. She will have to go back and find out who was responsible. You can go back and change your writing. The love of cricket goes back at least four generations. Then lags will be more worried about going back. So would you mind going back to the days when you used a much quieter brush? After one drink they went back to her bedsit. They want something authentic to go back to. They went back around five times and are still talking about it a month after our visit. She is likely to find going back to school tough. We can make changes without going back to court. He then got married and yet within a month dumped the new one and went back to the original. They are embroiled in legal compensation battles and four of them went back down the mines to work through sheer necessity. Its origins go back another century. Our way of life may change, but must we go back to the past? Otherwise we're going back to the past. They've said about me maybe going back there in the future. One thing is for sure: we are not going back to the past. Go back a century or more, and the church will be found at the centre of English village life. In other languages go back
British English :
go back /
ɡəʊ bæk /
VERB If something goes back to a particular time in the past, it was made or started at that time.
The feud goes back to the 11th century.
American English : go back Arabic : يَرْجِعُ Brazilian Portuguese : voltar Chinese : 回去 Croatian : potjecati iz Czech : datovat se do minulostiDanish : gå tilbage Dutch : teruggaan European Spanish : volver irFinnish : palata French : remonter German : zurückgehen Greek : ανατρέχω Italian : risalire Japanese : 戻る Korean : (…)로 거슬러 올라가다 Norwegian : dra tilbake Polish : wrócić European Portuguese : datar Romanian : a data din Russian : брать начало Latin American Spanish : volver devolverseSwedish : gå tillbaka Thai : กลับไป Turkish : geri gitmek Ukrainian : повертатися Vietnamese : quay lại All related terms of 'go back' Chinese translation of 'go back' vi (= return ) 返回 (fǎnhuí) See
go All related terms of 'go back'
I decided to go back to bed.
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Additional synonyms Definition
to go back to a former state
He reverted to his old bad habits.
Synonyms
go back ,
return ,
come back ,
resume ,
lapse ,
recur ,
relapse ,
regress ,
backslide ,
take up where you left off
go at something go at something hammer and tongs go away go back go back on something go back to the drawing board go ballistic