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go backward

VERB

step

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dance go down skip stride tiptoe tread walk

STRONG

advance ambulate ascend descend hoof it mince pace prance traipse trip troop

WEAK

go forward go up move backward move forward

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“We can’t go backward, even if we have to endure hardships.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

As with toilets, there was simply no good reason for manufacturers to go backward.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

I feel like maybe we need to go backward a little bit to go forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

Alabama: The offense continued to go backward and blow scoring chances way too often in the first half.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023

Again, reader, we must go backward before we can go forward.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

go backward

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