go back to

present singular third person goes back to · participle present going back to · past went back to · participle past gone back to

1. transitiveTo stem from; to originate in.

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

2. transitiveTo 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.

   1 more example

   A package that cannot be delivered will go back to the sender.