Word.ws English Dictionary

go back a long way

go back a long way verb: to have known each other for a long time.

Verb

go back a long way (third-person singular simple present goes back a long way, present participle going back a long way, simple past went back a long way, past participle gone back a long way)

  1. To have known each other for a long time.
    Synonyms:
    go way back

Synonyms of go back a long way

Forms of go back a long way

third-person singular presentgoes back a long way
present participlegoing back a long way
pastwent back a long way
past participlegone back a long way

Questions about go back a long way

What does go back a long way mean?
Go back a long way means to have known each other for a long time.
What part of speech is go back a long way?
Go back a long way is a verb.
What is the past tense of go back a long way?
The past tense of go back a long way is went back a long way.

Words near go back a long way in the dictionary

  1. go at a good clip
  2. go at it
  3. go away
  4. go awry
  5. go back
  6. go back a long way
  7. go back in time
  8. go back on
  9. go back on one's word
  10. go back to
  11. go back to the drawing board

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: go back a long way (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “go back a long way.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/go_back_a_long_way. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.