PHRASAL VERB date back Synonym: go back Meaning If something dates back to a certain time, it was made at that time or it started at that time. Date back Some of the pieces of pottery we dug up at the site date back a thousand years or more. Date back to We need to find out the period in history that these remains date back to. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ @PhrasalVerbsIdioms 1.4K views09:15