going back to

Verb

go back to (third-person singular simple present goes back to, present participle going back to, simple past went back to, past participle gone back to)

1. (transitive) To stem from; to originate in.
   • The awqaf system in India goes back to the early days of the Islamic presence in the subcontinent.
2. (transitive) To 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.