go back

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go back

The child wants to go back to the playground.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To return to a place: To move or travel back to a location where one was before.
    • To have its origins in a past time: To belong to a period in the past; to date back.
    • To resume a previous activity or state: To start doing something again that was stopped.
    • To recall or revert in thought or discussion: To think or talk about something from the past.
Usage and Examples

  • To return to a place:

    • After the meeting, I need to go back to the office.
    • She decided to go back home for the holidays.

  • To have its origins in a past time:

    • The legend goes back to the 12th century.
    • Our family's history in this town goes back generations.

  • To resume a previous activity or state:

    • Let's go back to work after this break.
    • The system will go back to its default settings.

  • To recall or revert in thought or discussion:

    • To understand the problem, we must go back to the beginning.
    • He often goes back to his childhood memories.
Advanced Usage
  • "go back on": To fail to keep a promise or commitment.
    • He never goes back on his word. (He always keeps his promises.)
  • "go back over": To review or examine something again.
    • Let's go back over the main points of the lesson.
Variants and Related Words
  • Go-back (noun, informal): An instance of returning. (Rarely used as a standalone noun).
  • Goes back, went back, gone back, going back: Verb conjugations.
Synonyms
  • Return: To come or go back to a place or activity.
  • Date back: To have existed since a particular time in the past.
  • Revert: To return to a previous state or condition.
  • Recur: To occur again.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Go back on (one's word/promise): To break a promise.
    • You can trust her; she won't go back on her agreement.
  • Go back over: To reconsider or re-examine.
    • Go back over your essay to check for mistakes.
  • Go back to (someone/something): To resume a relationship or activity.
    • She went back to her old job.
Related Idioms
  • Go back to the drawing board: To start planning something again because the first plan failed.
    • The design was rejected, so we had to go back to the drawing board.
  • Go back a long way: To have known someone for a very long time.
    • We go back a long way; we were in school together.
go back

The child wants to go back to the playground.

Verb
  1. regain a former condition after a financial loss
    • We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
    • The company managed to recuperate
  2. return in thought or speech to something
  3. belong to an earlier time
    • This story dates back 200 years

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