go back


Definition: Meaning of, go back in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɡəʊ bak /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
go back went back gone back
Present Participle Third Person Singular
going back goes back
  1. [intransitive] to return to a person, place, subject, or activity
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  2. [intransitive/transitive] to have existed since or for a particular time
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  3. [transitive] spoken if two people go back a particular period of time, they have known each other for that period of time
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  4. [intransitive] British English when schools or students go back, classes begin again after a long holiday
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  5. [intransitive] British English when the clocks go back, everyone changes the time on their clocks so that they show a time that is one hour earlier than before
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