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went back in time

went back in time is the simple past of go back in time.

Meaning of go back in time

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.

Questions about went back in time

What is went back in time the simple past of?
Went back in time is the simple past of go back in time.

Words near went back in time in the dictionary

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

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