Collocation
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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