return to
phrasal verb
returned to; returning to; returns to
1
: to go to (a place where one works, studies, etc.) again after being away for a time
When do you return to school?
2
: to start doing or using (something) again especially after a long time
She hopes to return to working at home next week.
3
: to start an activity again that relates to (something)
He returned to his book after feeding the cat.
Let's return to your first question.
4
: to change back to (an earlier or original condition or state)
She soon returned to her old habits.
His breathing returned to normal.
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Sinon returned to Bangkok after graduating in 2014 and joined Banpu’s corporate finance department as an analyst.
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Phisanu Phromchanya, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The officer gets the title, then returns to his squad car and calls for backup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Sullivan, a Hawaii native, returned to the island in 2020 to lead the nonprofit after a career in the corporate world.
—Nour Rahal, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, had since returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora until Mexican forces arrested him in 2022.
—Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Phisanu Phromchanya, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The officer gets the title, then returns to his squad car and calls for backup.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Sullivan, a Hawaii native, returned to the island in 2020 to lead the nonprofit after a career in the corporate world.
—Nour Rahal, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, had since returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora until Mexican forces arrested him in 2022.
—Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Return to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/return%20to. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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