go back in time

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Verb

go back in time (third-person singular simple present goes back in time, present participle going back in time, simple past went back in time, past participle gone back in time)

1. (idiomatic) To talk about history or the past.

   Let's go back in time and see what caused World War I.

   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:

     A trip down the Borderlands line is like going back in time. At many stations, passengers still cross between platforms at track-level.

See also

• memory lane
• turn back the clock