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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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

go backwards

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