go back

verb

1. to return
2. often foll by to to originate (in)

   the links with France go back to the Norman Conquest

3. foll by on to change one's mind about; repudiate (esp in the phrase go back on one's word )
4. (of clocks and watches) to be set to an earlier time, as during British Summer Time

   when do the clocks go back this year?

Example Sentences

Smith went back to Paradise not long ago to see what condition the town was in.

From Los Angeles Times

However, pedigrees are recorded manually, and they may go back only a few generations.

From Science Daily

The inflation rate is not going back up to double digits again.

From BBC

And that she would be going back to work or else there would be consequences?

From BBC

We got in touch with his publicist and went back and forth for like six or seven months.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• renege