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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