Definition of Go back

1. Verb. Belong to an earlier time. "This story dates back 200 years"

Exact synonyms: Date Back, Date From
Generic synonyms: Initiate, Originate, Start
Specialized synonyms: Ascend

2. Verb. Return in thought or speech to something.
Exact synonyms: Recur
Generic synonyms: Come Back, Hark Back, Recall, Return

3. Verb. Regain a former condition after a financial loss. "The company managed to recuperate"
Exact synonyms: Recover, Recuperate
Generic synonyms: Regress, Retrovert, Return, Revert, Turn Back
Specialized synonyms: Rally, Rebound
Derivative terms: Recovery

Definition of Go back

1. Verb. (intransitive) To return to a place after having been there at a previous time. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive of two or more persons) To have known each other for a certain length of time. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive used with "on") To abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go Back

go against
go against the grain
go ahead
go all out
go along
go along for the ride
go along to get along
go along with
go along with the gag
go ape
go around
go away
go awry
go back (current term)
go back on
go bad
go ballistic
go bananas
go bankrupt
go begging
go belly-up
go blue
go board
go bonkers
go by

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