go back
(ORIGIN) — phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› to have existed since a time in the past: Their relationship goes back to when they were at university together. Our house goes back to (= has existed since) the 18th century.Existing and beingContinue and last
(Definition of go back (ORIGIN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- account for sth phrasal verb
- alive adjective
- am verb
- are verb
- be verb (DESCRIPTION)
- come verb (EXIST)
- estate noun (STATE)
- exist verb (BE)
- exist verb (LIVE)
- existence noun
- existent adjective
- extant adjective
- lie verb (POSITION)
- live verb (HAVE A HOME)
- living adjective (CONTINUING)
- pre-exist verb
- reign verb
- run verb (BECOME)
- viability noun
- was verb
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Existing and being
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