plural of go-back

(dated, US) A supposed disease of children causing weight loss and lack of growth.

(transitive) To be treacherous or faithless to; betray. / (transitive) To fail to keep; to renege on. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go back, on.

(intransitive) To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. / (intransitive, of two or more persons) To have known each other for a certain length of time.

present participle of go back

(retail) An item of merchandise that needs to be returned to a shelf or rack, for example because a customer has decided not to purchase it or has brought it back for an exchange.

(idiomatic) To talk about history or the past.

(industrial relations) To return to one's job after having held, or failed to obtain, a position in a trade union.

present participle of go back in time

(idiomatic) To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.