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date back

date back {v. phr.}

To go back to a given period in the past.

My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century.

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[back] See: [BACK OF] or [IN BACK OF], [BEHIND ONE'S BACK], [BRUSH BACK], [COME BACK], [CUT BACK], [DOUBLE BACK], [DRAW BACK], [DROP BACK]. [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

back-to-back

[back-to-back] {adv.} 1. Immediately following. * /The health clinic had back-to-back appointments for the new students during the first week of school./ 2. Very close to, as if touching. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

turn the clock back

[turn the clock back] {v. phr.} To return to an earlier period. * /Mother wished she could turn the clock back to the days before the children grew up and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[to date] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Up to the present time; until now. * /To date twenty students have been accepted into the school./ * /The police have not found […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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