go back

Definition of Go Back in English :

belong to an earlier time

Example Sentences:
'This story dates back 200 years'

2. go back, recur

return in thought or speech to something

3. go back, recover, recuperate

regain a former condition after a financial loss

Example Sentences:
'We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90'
'The company managed to recuperate'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Go Back

verb (intr, adverb)

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)

(of clocks and watches) to be set to an earlier time, as during British Summer Time