go back

go back

vb (intr, adverb)

1. to return

2. (often foll by to) to originate (in) the links with France go back to the Norman Conquest

3. (foll by on) to change one's mind about; repudiate (esp in the phrase go back on one's word)

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) (of clocks and watches) to be set to an earlier time, as during British Summer Time when do the clocks go back this year?

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	go back - belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" date back, date from initiate, originate, start - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" ascend - go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
	2.	go back - return in thought or speech to something recur hark back, recall, come back, return - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
	3.	go back - regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" recuperate, recover retrovert, revert, turn back, regress, return - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" rebound, rally - return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"

Translations

go back → يَرْجِع vrátit (se) gå tilbage zurückgehen επιστρέφω volver palata revenir vratiti se tornare 戻る 돌아오다 teruggaan dra tilbake wrócić voltar возвращаться gå tillbaka กลับไป geri gitmek quay lại 回去