go back in time

verb

go back in time

verb

1

Idiomatic To talk about history or the past.

Let's go back in time and see what caused World War I.
A trip down the Borderlands line is like going back in time. At many stations, passengers still cross between platforms at track-level.2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:

Related terms: memory lane, turn back the clock

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