go backwards
Example Sentences
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This is true, up to a point – although the governing party didn't go backwards in terms of seats in 2011, 2015, 2017 or 2021 for example.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
"We feel we are going backwards -- we should never go backwards."
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
“Returns go backwards, and returns cost retailers a ton of money.”
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
I’m actually trying to think how to go backwards a little bit into more fun creative play.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
Well, darling, it is nothing; but I could not help it: the news seemed to cause me a vague feeling of uneasiness—nothing but a passing cloud—for thoughts will go backwards sometimes.
From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville