Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go back

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.73 in modern English

Syllables: go back
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"We were getting cold so we decided to go back."
"Humans had discovered fire and there was no going back."
"He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again […] she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side."
"Wrex: I escaped with my life. But not before I sank my dagger deep into my father's chest. Wrex: That... is why I left. And that's why I'll never go back."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

goes back (present, singular) going back (participle, present) went back (past) gone back (participle, past)

Phrases

go back on go back to go back to where you came from go back to your country come back turn back

Frequently Paired Words

come back turn back

Synonyms

recover recuperate recur date back date from

Questions

What does go back mean?: To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

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