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Meaning of go back

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

go back

verb

Definitions

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

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

    Example: Bill and I go back to college.

  3. To extend into past time.

    Example: Bill and I have a friendship that goes back years.

  4. (used with "on") To abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something.

    Example: You promised me that you'd pay up today, no going back on your word.