Definitions for go back

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. go back, date back, date from(verb)

    belong to an earlier time

    "This story dates back 200 years"

  2. recur, go back(verb)

    return in thought or speech to something

  3. recover, go back, recuperate(verb)

    regain a former condition after a financial loss

    "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. go back(verb)ʊ

    to return to what sb said or did before

    Can we go back to what you said earlier?; I decided to go back into the corporate world.

  2. go backʊ

    (of two people) to have known each other for a long time

    Jim and I go way back.

Wiktionary

  1. go back(Verb)

    To return to a place after having been there at a previous time.

  2. go back(Verb)

    To have known each other for a certain length of time.

  3. go back(Verb)

    To abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something.


Translations for go back

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

go back(adjective)

to return to an earlier time, topic of conversation etc

Let's go back for a minute to what we were talking about earlier.

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