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go way back

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: to have known each other for a long time
He and I go way back.

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Hargrave and Notaro go way back, having met nearly 15 years ago, when Hargrave was managing a tour for Sarah Silverman that Notaro was the opener for. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2025 Malone and the Cowboys go way back. Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025 What happened between Taylor Swift & Charli xcx? 2019: Charli talks about opening for Taylor on the Reputation Tour Taylor and Charli actually go way back. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2025 To understand why, have to go way back to 1810, when Bavaria’s Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go way back

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“Go way back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20way%20back. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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