go back
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go back verb
- To return to a place after having been there at a previous time.
- (of two or more persons) To have known each other for a certain length of time.“Bill and I go back to college.”
- To extend into past time.“Bill and I have a friendship that goes back years.”
- (used with "on") To abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something.“You promised me that you'd pay up today, no going back on your word.”
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