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Definition go back in British English

go back phrasal verb

phrasal verb
1

to return to a person, place, subject, or activity

Example

It started to rain, so we decided to go back.

Example

We didn't think he'd go back to his wife after everything that's happened.

Example

I'd like to go back to what Abby was saying just a minute ago.

Example

She should be well enough to go back to work on Wednesday.

Example

The computer breaks down and you go back to writing things down on pieces of paper.

Example

I'd left my keys in the office and had to go back for them.

Synonyms and related words
return get back go back
2

to have existed since or for a particular time

Example

My interest in the subject goes back many years.

Example

Some of these houses go back to the early 19th century.

Synonyms and related words
last extend go back
2.1

if two people go back a particular period of time, they have known each other for that period of time

Example

We go back a long time, don't we?

3

when schools or students go back, classes begin again after a long holiday

Example

When do the kids go back?

Synonyms and related words
absence absenteeism attend
4

when the clocks go back, everyone changes the time on their clocks so that they show a time that is one hour earlier than before

Example

Don't forget, the clocks go back this Sunday.

Synonyms and related words
clock in clock off go back
Definition go back in British English