Meaning

1 senses
  1. To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

    We were getting cold so we decided to go back.

    Humans had discovered fire and there was no going back.

    zurückgehen, zurückfahren

    возвраща́тьсяvozvraščátʹsja, возврати́тьсяvozvratítʹsja, верну́тьсяvernútʹsja

    повертатисяpovertatysja

More definitions
  • belong to an earlier time
  • regain a former condition after a financial loss
  • return in thought or speech to something

Examples

3062 sentences
  1. Let's turn and go back now.

    Давай зараз розвернемося і підемо назад. — deniko

    deLass uns jetzt umkehren! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. You should go back right now.

    Тобі треба терміново повернутися. — aandrusiak

  3. Let's go back to the office.

    Повернімося до офісу. — deniko

    ruДавайте вернёмся в офис. — Balamax

    deLass uns zurück zum Büro gehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Just go back to the kitchen.

    Просто повертайся на кухню. — deniko

    ruПросто возвращайся обратно на кухню. — Olya

    deGeh einfach wieder zurück in die Küche! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Don't make me go back there.

    Не змушуйте мене туди повертатись. — vstrishnik

    ruНе заставляйте меня туда возвращаться. — marafon

    deZwing mich nicht, dorthin zurückzukehren. — BraveSentry

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to return to a place:
Русский
By meaning 3
to return to a place:
to have known each other:
to extend into past time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to return to a place:

Forms

goes back, going back, went back, gone back
Base formgo back · to go back
3rd person singulargoes back
Present participlegoing back
Past simplewent back
Past participlegone back

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo back
he, she, itgoes back

Past simpleLesson

all personswent back

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone back
he, she, ithas gone back

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go back

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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