go backwards

VERB

reverse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

overturn shift

STRONG

about-face back backpedal backtrack capsize evert exchange flip-flop interchange inverse invert rearrange retreat revert switch transfer transpose upend upset

WEAK

back up double back evaginate go back move backwards transplace turn around turn back turn over

Antonyms

STRONG

hold keep

WEAK

go ahead reserve

Example Sentences

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"It's starting to flow now … I just see it picking up such speed, and it's not going to go backwards; it's going forward, for sure," she said.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

"We feel we are going backwards -- we should never go backwards."

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

I’ve come way too far to go backwards, and I’m not just a puppet anymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

“Returns go backwards, and returns cost retailers a ton of money.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

For if the snow came his work might stop, or it might be almost impossible to go backwards and forwards to it.

From Miss Mouse and Her Boys by Molesworth, Mrs.

go backwards

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