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go back

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go back

verb
1. belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" 
2. return in thought or speech to something [syn: recur] 
3. regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" [syn: recover] 
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Idioms & Phrases

go back

  1. Return, retrace one's steps; also, return to a former condition. For example, I'm going back to the haunts of my youth, or We want to go back to the old way of doing things. [First half of 1500s]

  2. Extend backward in space or time, as in Our land goes back to the stone wall, or The family name goes back to Norman times. [Second half of 1600s] Also see go back on.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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