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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | go back |
| he/she/it | goes back |
| present participle | going back |
| past tense | went back |
| past participle | gone back |
- 1[intransitive] to return to a person, place, subject, or activity
It started to rain, so we decided to go back.
go back to:We didn’t think he’d go back to his wife after everything that’s happened.
I’d like to go back to what Abby was saying just a minute ago.
She should be well enough to go back to work on Wednesday.
go back to doing something:The computer breaks down and you go back to writing things down on pieces of paper.
go back for:I left my keys in the office and had to go back for them.
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