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goes back

vb. (en-third-person singular of: go back)

Usage examples of "goes back".

He sleeps for twelve hours, gets up and walks around Manila to clear his head, goes back to work, and hammers away at it for thirty-six hours.

You have three choices: Jimmy goes back to the clinic, he goes to the State Fool Farm or you knock off this foolishness right here and now.

When I pen this book, the boy goes back to the future and explains how he broke all these laws in the name of love.

My family has a distinguished record of service in the Legion that goes back two centuries.

Wherefore this argument goes back to the preceding one, and is not strengthened by it, unless anyone wishes for S.

For no phenomenon goes back from the succeeding to the preceding point of time, though it is related to some preceding point of time, while the progress from a given time to a determined following time is necessary.

He works the calculation out on a scrap of paper on his lap, then goes back and does it again to double-check the numbers, speaking them out loud.

The classical names often embody the tradition which goes back to legendary times.

He/she goes back to earlier steps or stages and reads more, asking why am I not more motivated, what methods will work better, is there another unseen problem involved, do I need to give more attention to maintaining my gains, etc.

But now the tale leaves telling of Goldilind, and goes back to the matters of Oakenrealm, and therein to what has to do with King Christopher and Rolf the Marshal.

It goes back to what was said on pages 131-133, about the possibility of there being portions of the universe that may irretrievably be lost.

My interest is fathers and sons and a family tradition that goes back more generations than can be counted.

Since that moment, whenever my mind goes back to the Tiber, I see it ever before me as upon this evening: the thick yellow water lit up by the moonbeams.