go back in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "go back"

    • (intransitive) To return to a place after having been there at a previous time.
    • (intransitive, of two or more persons) To have known each other for a certain length of time.
    • (intransitive, used with "on") To abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To return to a place after having been there at a previous time.
    • verb
      (intransitive, of two or more persons)
      To have known each other for a certain length of time.
    • verb
      (intransitive, used with "on")
      To abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something.
    • to return to a place
    • verb
      belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"
    • verb
      regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
    • verb
      return in thought or speech to something

    Synonyms of "go back" in English dictionary

    date back, get back, date from are the top synonyms of "go back" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of go back

    • to go back ( third-person singular simple present goes back, present participle going back, simple past went back, past participle gone back)
    • go back (third-person singular simple present goes back, present participle going back, simple past went back, past participle gone back)
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