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.
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Meaning 2
Belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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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.