go back to

verb — 3 senses

go back to

verb
1

To stem from; to originate in.

  • The awqaf system in India goes back to the early days of the Islamic presence in the subcontinent.
2

Of two or more persons To know each other since long from.

  • Bill and I go back to college.
3

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.

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