go backwards

Verb

Meaning

To decline or deteriorate; to get worse. [from 16th c.]

(obsolete, slang) To defecate; to visit the privy.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

revert go back backtrack backslide retrogress recidivate back up move back turn back recoiling double back regressing retrocede

Antonyms

turn-out develop grow evolve blossom come on
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Examples

Its upper lip is so extremely large, for which reason it is obliged to go backwards when grazing; otherwise, by moving onwards, the lip would get doubled up. citation As food Moose trophy head Moose scat is commonly found on trails. Source: Internet

These unicycles also cannot go backwards. Source: Internet

Trackstands can only be held for a certain time and it is not permissible to go backwards in a trackstand by rocking backwards and forwards as the judge will be following the trackstand from the bottom of the track. Source: Internet

When the Lead goes forward, the Follow will naturally go backwards. Source: Internet

Now you cannot go backwards. Source: Internet

The ‘woke’ NFL has just gone backwards 40 years with this and I really think their ratings will go backwards as well- Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

go back up go back with something go backward go bad go badly go bag