How to Use go back in a Sentence

go back

phrasal verb

• From the Archives goes back to the first day of 1918 for this scene in Ocean Beach.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
• And mom had to go back to the hotel and grab something.
  — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
• And that means Willis will go back to watching for now.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
• The good news for the Heat is Butler went back on the court to shoot the two free throws and remained in the game.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• So this goes back a long way, about four-and-a-half years, to lockdown.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
• The two go back and forth, prompting Cartwright to start crying.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
• For his most recent act, Hendrik went back to the source.
  — Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2023
• Hallie Biden went back to that trash can to retrieve the gun, but it was gone.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 6 June 2024
• His bacon shout-outs go back to at least late last year.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
• The candidates went back and forth over the rules for this debate.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024
• The two then walk through the lobby and go back up to Pennig's apartment.
  — Hannah Vair, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2024
• The agency's records go back even further than NASA's, to 1849.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• After pulling off a massive heist, rarely does the thief go back to the scene of the crime for a second loot.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
• Start your meal strong with a spring onion dip that will have your guests going back to the bowl for more and more.
  — Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 1 May 2024
• Three days later, Ravi went back a third time; the drugs were still in his system.
  — Max Blau, NPR, 22 Sep. 2024
• After the shooting stopped, people went back to the trucks, and the soldiers opened fire again.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• But Pearce’s journey with the show goes back nearly 2½ years.
  — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024
• Some members had gone back to assess what was left of their homes.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
• So, now, after the kids' eggs have been found, the teenagers go back outside to hide giant eggs for the adults.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
• The history they are taught does not go back as far as 1948 when the Jews had to fight to the death to live in U.N.-sanctioned Israel.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
• There's no one that goes back and places an addendum it.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2024
• On the backside, visual effects had to go back and paint all those guys out.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
• The reason goes back to the involvement of those HER2 proteins.
  — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2023
• Some of this substance comes out in poop, some goes back to your liver, and a bit of it leaves your body through urine.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2024
• But go back just 10 years, and the story was very different.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 13 Sep. 2023
• Add our favorites to your cart before prices go back up.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• Now, maybe Biden will kind of go back to stasis and be able to get more attention.
  — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• Theo had been sitting on the porch rocker watching Shirlee go back and forth.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• This has to be a big kahuna, among records Swift could break that go back to the very beginning of the album chart.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 June 2024
• Still, the proposal means Ford workers left the picket lines and will soon go back to work.
  — Jesse Rodriguez, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024