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Meaning of go backwards | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To decline or deteriorate; to get worse.
To defecate; to visit the privy.
obsolete, slang

Examples

“[O]ne day he expressed his desire of going backwards with such natural imitation of his purpose, that every body in the room firmly believed he had actually overshot himself, and fortified their nostrils accordingly.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

go bad go ballistic go balls up go bananas go band for band go bankrupt