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View definitions for went back

went back

verb as in break promise; change one's mind

verb as in break

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He then went back to his volunteer corps, which had formed when they did not yet have an ambulance.

The last of the cigars was handed out and the Che lookalike was paid and went back in search of other tourists.

Then Allison went back to Pacey, and Noah went back to Nurse Abby from E.R.

Before long, however, he began to feel out of place and went back downstairs for a while to chat up the cook.

The lure and addiction of gaming—which went back to pinball, of course—became a sensation with Asteroids.

When they rose from table and went back into her little drawing-room, she left her daughter alone for awhile with Bernard.

The promoters went his security and put up the cash into the bargain, and he went back to the publishing house victorious.

The engineer took his lantern and silently went back and swung the spot of fire in the black, cold air.

He went back to Manila, and with the help of his friends built a chapel in honour of the saint.

He went back to his praying mat and bent again toward the west, where the Holy Kaaba enshrines the ruby sent down from heaven.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to go back, such as: renege, abandon, betray, be unfaithful, change, and desert.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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