go back
Retrace your steps
Go back means to return to a previous location, state, or point in time.
You go back home, go back to work, or go back to an earlier topic in conversation.
Let's go back to what you said earlier.
Things that go back a long way have existed for a considerable time: Our friendship goes back twenty years.
To go back on a promise or agreement is to break it.
Returning to one's origin
- reentryComing back in
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- reappearanceComing back into view
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
resurgence · restoration · reinstatement · recovery · reclaiming · reversion · retreat · withdrawal
Turn to opposite
- retractWithdraw something said
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- annulDeclare legally void
- repealAnnul a statute
rescind · revoke · nullify · invalidate · overturn · redo · ctrl-z · revert
Evaluate a second time
- reflectReturn light or thought
- reconsiderThink about something anew
- reexamineInspect once more
- rethinkEvaluate again differently
reanalyze · review · recollect · reminisce · recall · remember · rehash · reopen
Quality from past eras
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- yesteryearTime not long past
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- classicOf lasting excellence
historic · bygone · old-fashioned · throwback · heritage · nostalgic · period · retrospective
homecoming
Returning to one's origin
- reentryComing back in
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- reappearanceComing back into view
reemergence · resurgence · restoration · reinstatement · recovery · reclaiming · reversion · retreat · withdrawal · backtrack
reverse
Turn to opposite
repeal · rescind · revoke · nullify · invalidate · overturn · redo · ctrl-z · revert · rollback
reassess
Evaluate a second time
- reflectReturn light or thought
- reconsiderThink about something anew
- reexamineInspect once more
rethink · reanalyze · review · recollect · reminisce · recall · remember · rehash · reopen · readdress
vintage
Quality from past eras
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- yesteryearTime not long past
- antiqueOld valued collectible
classic · historic · bygone · old-fashioned · throwback · heritage · nostalgic · period · retrospective · traditional
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- going backwardretreated, reversed, returned, withdrew, backtracked
- undoundo, undo button, backtrack, revert, reverse
- retreatwithdrawal, retreating, withdraw, pullback, retreat
go backadvance
Move or progress forward
go ahead · proceed · move forward · press on · go on
go backstand firm
Refuse to retreat
hold fast · stick to · honor · keep one's word · follow through
go backpress on
Continue despite hardship
push forward · persist · persevere · continue · stay the course
go, back, gone, backward, backing, drawback, comeback, setback, backed