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[ verb ] come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty did not go_back to school . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)I did n't offer any advice , but I certainly did not want to go_back to where the officer lay with his brains dashed out . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)While she was settling the teacart , he went_back across the hall to their bedroom , opened one of the suitcases , and took_out powdered coffee and sugar . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Kate went_back and reminded the kitchen women of the supper preparations . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)When everything had been done , Rector went_back to his desk to occupy himself with his monthly report until three o'clock . |
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[ verb ] return in thought or speech to something
Synonyms Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Steinberg seems to have gone directly back to the score , discounting tradition , and has built his performance on the intention to reproduce as faithfully as possible exactly what Brahms set_down on_paper . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Yet one has to go_back only some sixty years . Related terms |
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[ verb ] belong to an earlier time
Examples "This story dates back 200 years" Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Now , although the roots of the mystery_story in serious literature go_back as far as Balzac , Dickens , and Poe , it was not until the closing decades of the 19_th century that the private_detective became an established figure in popular fiction . |
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[ verb ] regain a former condition after a financial loss
Synonyms Examples "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90" "The company managed to recuperate" |
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