Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb go_back

3 senses of go back

Sense 1
go back, date back, date from -- (belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years")
       => originate, initiate, start -- (bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation")

Sense 2
recur, go back -- (return in thought or speech to something)
       => hark back, return, come back, recall -- (go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his")

Sense 3
recover, go back, recuperate -- (regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate")
       => revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back -- (go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules")