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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"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

“And I don‘t want to have to see us go backwards to remind ourselves that vaccines work.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

Progress indeed must be made; things will not go backwards, but must go forward, onward and upward.

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.

go backwards

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