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Go Back (Verb)

Meaning 1

Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

  • The struggling business was hoping to go back to its former success and start generating a profit again.
  • After a huge financial loss, the investors worked hard to go back to a stable financial position.
  • It was not easy for the bankrupt company to go back to its former state, but the efforts paid off in the end.
  • The investors believed that the stocks would eventually go back to their previous high, so they didn't sell.
  • Only a few small companies managed to go back to pre-recession levels after the economic downturn.

Synonyms

  • Recover
  • Recuperate

Hypernyms

  • Retrovert
  • Regress
  • Turn Back
  • Revert

Hyponyms

  • Rally

Meaning 2

Belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Date From
  • Date Back

Hypernyms

  • Start
  • Initiate

Meaning 3

Return in thought or speech to something.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • Let me go back to the point I made earlier about the benefits of the new policy.
  • We cannot go back on the commitments we made to our investors last year.
  • I'd like to go back to something you said earlier in the conversation that caught my attention.
  • To go back to your original question, I think we will see significant growth in that market.
  • Let's go back to the first item on today's agenda and discuss the marketing strategy.

Synonyms

  • Recur

Hypernyms

  • Hark Back
  • Recall
  • Come Back
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