go back to
English
editVerb
editgo back to (third-person singular simple present goes back to, present participle going back to, simple past went back to, past participle gone back to)
- (transitive) To stem from; to originate in.
- The awqaf system in India goes back to the early days of the Islamic presence in the subcontinent.
- (transitive, of two or more persons) To know each other since long from.
- Bill and I go back to college.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go back, to.
- It was time to go back to the hotel.
- A package that cannot be delivered will go back to the sender.