go way back

idiom

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

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McIlroy's scars at Augusta National go way back, all the way back to his final-round 80 in 2011. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025 Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly go way back, but only one of them can remember that. Julia Moore, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Whoopi Goldberg Flashes Rarely Seen Shoulder Tattoo in Off-the-Shoulder Gown at Oscars 2025 Fashion designer Christian Siriano and Goldberg go way back. Michelle Lee, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025 Billy Ray Cyrus and Dolly Parton go way back, and he's already responded to the news of her husband's death. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 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 10 May. 2025.

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