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go back in time

go back in time verb: to talk about history or the past.

Verb

go back in time (third-person singular simple present goes back in time, present participle going back in time, simple past went back in time, past participle gone back in time)

  1. (idiomatic) To talk about history or the past.
    • Let's go back in time and see what caused World War I.
    • A trip down the Borderlands line is like going back in time. At many stations, passengers still cross between platforms at track-level.2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58

Forms of go back in time

third-person singular presentgoes back in time
present participlegoing back in time
pastwent back in time
past participlegone back in time

Questions about go back in time

What does go back in time mean?
Go back in time means to talk about history or the past.
What part of speech is go back in time?
Go back in time is a verb.
What is the past tense of go back in time?
The past tense of go back in time is went back in time.

Words near go back in time in the dictionary

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

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