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go back to

A2 neutral inseparable transitive
In simple words

To return somewhere, or to start doing something again that you had stopped.

Literal meaning: To go (travel) back to (a specific place or thing).

Meanings

1 A2 neutral

To return to a physical place.

"After a year abroad, she was excited to go back to her hometown."

Grammar: inseparable
2 A2 neutral

To resume an activity or state that was paused or abandoned.

"She took a year off and then decided to go back to university."

Grammar: inseparable
3 B1 neutral

To return to an earlier topic in a conversation or piece of writing.

"Let me go back to the point I was making before we got sidetracked."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Extremely common across all contexts. 'Go back to sleep', 'go back to work', 'go back to school' are very frequent fixed expressions. Also used in discourse to return to a previously discussed point.

Commonly used with

sleep work school basics beginning normal

Forms

Base
go back to
I/you/we/they
3rd person
goes back to
he/she/it
Past simple
went back to
yesterday
Past participle
gone back to
have + pp
-ing form
going back to
continuous

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