- date back
- {v. phr.} To go back to a given period in the past. * /My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
date back
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date back to — ˌdate ˈback to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they date back to he/she/it dates back to present participle dating back to past tense dated back to … Useful english dictionary
date back (to … ) — ˌdate ˈback (to…) | ˈdate from… derived to have existed since a particular time in the past or for the length of time mentioned • The college dates back to medieval times. • The custom dates back hundreds of years. • … Useful english dictionary
date back — index antedate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
date back to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms date back to : present tense I/you/we/they date back to he/she/it dates back to present participle dating back to past tense dated back to past participle dated back to date back to something to be made or… … English dictionary
date back — v. (d; intr.) to date back to (the temple dates back to the tenth century) * * * (d; intr.) to date back to (the temple date backs back to the tenth century) … Combinatory dictionary
date back — phr verb Date back is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑record Date back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑generation … Collocations dictionary
date back to — phr verb Date back to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑document, ↑idea, ↑tradition Date back to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑antiquity … Collocations dictionary
date back — {v. phr.} To go back to a given period in the past. * /My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century./ … Dictionary of American idioms
date\ back — v. phr. To go back to a given period in the past. My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century … Словарь американских идиом
date back from — phr verb Date back from is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑idea … Collocations dictionary
