phrasal verb · neutral
go back
UK/ɡəʊ bæk/US/ɡoʊ bæk/go·BACK
speakingtask2
to return to a place or to a previous state
Examples
“I need to go back to school to pick up my certificate.”
“This policy goes back to the 1990s.”
“She went back to the original plan after the meeting.”
Band 8 sentence
“After two years abroad, he went back to his hometown to support his aging parents.”
Collocations
- go back to + place/time/idea
- go back home
- go back on (a promise)
Word family
go back verbgoes back verbgoing back verbwent back verb (past)gone back past participle
Common mistakes
I will go back at 6 pm.→I will go back at 6 p.m.
He went back on his word.→He went back on his word.
Say it for a higher band
5come back→6return→7+go back
Synonyms
return
revert
Easily confused
return
“She decided to return to her hometown after university.”
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