go back in time
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editgo 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)
- (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.