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go back
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb go back has 3 senses
- go back(v = verb.stative) date back, date from - belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" is one way to initiate, originate, start
- go back(v = verb.communication) recur - return in thought or speech to something; Array is one way to come back, hark back, recall, return
- go back(v = verb.change) recover, recuperate - regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" is one way to regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back
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THESAURUS
go back
back, back down, back out, back up, beat a retreat, break back, bring back, bring to mind, call back, call to mind, call up, change back, come after, come again, come back, come home, come last, come up again, conjure up, cry back, disengage, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, double, double back, draw back, draw off, echo, evoke, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, flip-flop, follow, give ground, give place, go back over, go backwards, go home, hark back, keep coming, lag behind, look back, mind, move back, pull back, pull out, put back, reappear, recall, recall to mind, recapture, recollect, recur, reevoke, reflect, regress, remember, reoccur, repeat, resound, resume, retire, retrace, retreat, retrogress, retrospect, return, reverberate, revert, review, review in retrospect, revive, run back, see in retrospect, stand back, summon up, think back, think of, trail, trail behind, turn, turn about, turn around, turn back, use hindsight, withdrawROGET THESAURUS
go back
Regression
VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.
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