English Dictionary

go backwards

動詞

廃用 俗語

To decline or deteriorate; to get worse. / (obsolete, slang) To defecate; to visit the privy.

日本語の意味

悪化する、衰退する / （時代遅れ・俗語）排便する、便所に行く

If the company fails to innovate, its reputation could go backwards.

会社が革新に失敗すれば、その評判は悪化する可能性がある。

意味（1）

To decline or deteriorate; to get worse.

意味（2）

(obsolete, slang) To defecate; to visit the privy.

[O]ne day he expressed his desire of going backwards with such natural imitation of his purpose, that every body in the room firmly believed he had actually overshot himself, and fortified their nostrils accordingly.

goes backwards （ present singular third-person ）

going backwards （ participle present ）

went backwards （ past ）

gone backwards （ participle past ）