go back
To return to where you were before, or to have existed since a long time ago.
Meanings
To return to a place, person, or situation you were in before.
"She left her phone at the restaurant and had to go back to get it."
To have existed or originated since a particular time in the past.
"This cathedral goes back to the twelfth century."
To return to a previous topic in a conversation or argument.
"Can I go back for a moment? I didn't quite understand what you said about the budget."
Extremely common and multifunctional. 'This tradition goes back centuries' means it has existed for centuries. 'Go back to sleep' is a very frequent command. Also used in discourse to re-examine a previous point ('let me go back to what I said earlier').
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