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Collocation

go back

phrasal verb phrasal verb (+ preposition phrase)

to return to a place or to return to an earlier situation, time, or topic

go back: to return to a place or to return to an earlier situation, time, or topic

Definition

'go back' is a common English collocation. to return to a place or to return to an earlier situation, time, or topic

go back (+ to + place/time/topic)

“I need to go back to the office to pick up my laptop.”

Examples

  • Please go back to your seat and wait for your number to be called.
  • After lunch, we went back to work without any breaks.
  • I had to go back because I forgot my wallet at home.
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  • Can we go back to the first question and review it again?
  • She refuses to go back to her old habits after making so much progress.
  • If you get lost, go back to the main road and turn left at the gas station.
  • They will go back to the drawing board and redesign the whole plan.
  • I cannot go back on my promise now that everyone is counting on me.
  • The tradition goes back hundreds of years in this region.

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