How to Pronounce "go back in time"
expression
ˈɡoʊ/ /ˈbæk/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈtaɪm
GOH-BAK-in-TYM
ɡˈəʊ/ /bˈæk/ /ˈɪn/ /tˈaɪm
gOH-BAK-in-TYM
Definition
To imagine or talk about traveling to a past time, either literally (like in science fiction) or in memory or stories.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈɡoʊ/ /ˈbæk/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈtaɪm
British English
ɡˈəʊ/ /bˈæk/ /ˈɪn/ /tˈaɪm
Simplified Pronunciation
US
GOH-BAK-in-TYM
UK
gOH-BAK-in-TYM
Listen in Context
If I could go back in time, I would fix my mistake.
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time to my childhood.
In many movies, characters try to go back in time and change history.
Don’t you sometimes wish you could just go back in time and do things differently?