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Inglés	Español
go back vi phrasal	(return)	volver⇒ vi
regresar⇒ vi
Frank left his wallet at home and had to go back to get it.
Frank dejó la billetera en casa y tuvo que volver a buscarla.
go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep	(return to: a place)	volver a vi + prep
regresar a vi + prep
I'd like to go back to Paris one day.
Me gustaría volver a París algún día.
go back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep	(return: to partner)	regresar con vi + prep
(informal)	volver con vi + prep
Gina has decided to go back to her husband and try to make their relationship work.
Gina decidió regresar con su marido y tratar de arreglar su relación.
go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep	(revert)	retomar⇒ vtr
Ted seems to have gone back to his bad habits of drinking and gambling.
Parece que Ted retomó sus malos hábitos de tomar y apostar.
go back to doing [sth] v expr	(revert to doing [sth])	volver a vtr + prep
Sheila went back to using drugs.
Sheila volvió a consumir drogas.
go back vi phrasal	(clock: move back an hour)	retroceder⇒ vi
In the UK, the clocks go back by one hour at the end of British Summer Time.
En el Reino Unido, los relojes retroceden una hora al final de la hora de verano británica.
go back vi phrasal	(be in the past)	remontarse atrás v prnl + adv
remontarse⇒ v prnl
My grandmother's memories go back a long way.
Los recuerdos de mi abuela se remontan mucho tiempo atrás.
go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep	(be in the past)	remontarse a v prnl + prep
That song goes back to the Second World War.
Esa canción se remonta a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

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Locuciones verbales
Inglés	Español
go back over [sth] vtr phrasal insep	(review, revise)	repasar⇒, revisar⇒ vtr
Mick is going over his notes to prepare for the exam.
Mick está revisando sus apuntes para prepararse para el examen.
go back over [sth] vtr phrasal insep	(events: recall) (eventos)	recordar⇒ vtr
The police officer asked the witness to go back over what he had seen.
go back over [sth] vtr phrasal insep	(work: redo) (trabajo)	volver a hacer, hacer desde el principio loc verb
volver sobre un asunto, volver sobre un tema loc verb
The teacher asked Rosa to go back over her essay and correct the spelling mistakes.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
go back and forth v expr	(move to and fro)	ir de un lado para otro, ir de aquí para allá loc verb
Mario was having treatment for cancer and was going back and forth to hospital.
go back and forth v expr	figurative (vacillate)	dudar⇒, vacilar⇒ vi
(figurado)	dar vueltas loc verb
Ian was going back and forth about whether this was the right thing for him.
go back in time v expr	(return to an earlier time)	volver el tiempo atrás expr
go back on a promise v expr	(break your word)	no cumplir con su palabra expr
faltar a su palabra expr
I can't believe that you, my own brother, would go back on your promise to loan me the money.
No puedo creer que tú, mi propio hermano, no cumplas con tu palabra y me prestes el dinero.
con cumplir con una promesa expr
go back on your word v expr	(not keep a promise)	no cumplir una promesa loc verb
incumplir una promesa loc verb
Janice went back on her word to help me with the cooking.
Janice no cumplió su promesa de ayudarme a cocinar.
go back to bed v expr	(return to bed)	volver a la cama loc verb
When I saw it was raining outside I decided to go back to bed.
Cuando vi que afuera llovía, decidí volver a la cama.
go back to school v expr	(return to school)	volver a clases loc verb
regresar a clases loc verb
The children go back to school on 6th September this year.
go back to the drawing board v expr	(start planning again)	empezar de cero loc verb
comenzar desde cero loc verb
go behind [sb]'s back v expr	figurative, informal (act without [sb]'s knowledge)	actuar a espaldas de expr
hacer a espaldas de loc verb
Don't go behind her back; if you think she's wrong, tell her directly.
No actúes a espaldas de ella; si crees que está equivocada, díselo directamente.
go to hell and back v expr	informal, figurative (experience great difficulties, worry)	pasar por el infierno loc verb
vivir un infierno loc verb
go way back v expr	(have known each other a long time)	conocerse desde hace mucho tiempo v prnl + loc adv
Chuck and I go way back: we were in high school together.

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'go back' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

crisscross - head back - loop back - ping-pong - retrace - retrace your steps - retrocede - return - return to work - revert - revert to type - revisit - stretch back to - yo-yo

Spanish:

descorrer - retornar - retachar - regresar - contradecir - incumplir - recaer - remontar - retroceder - revertir - desandar - recular - reintegrar - volver a las andadas - dar marcha atrás - deshojar la margarita - entrar a clases - ir de aquí para allá - reanudar las clases - regresar a casa - remontarse a - retomar las clases - retomar un tema - retroceder en el tiempo - venir de lejos - volver a la edad de piedra - volver a la ignorancia - volver a la rutina - volver a las raíces - volver a ser uno mismo - volver a su sitio - volver a un estilo - volver a un sitio - volver al menú de inicio - volver al teatro - volver junto a - volver las cosas a su estado anterior - devolver - repatriar - reincorporar - reinsertar - incorporarse a un trabajo - abjurar - retrotraer - cejar - volver - desdecir

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a fair amount of blame and backbiting go back and forth
A slide that has the ability to go back and forth
after you go back
Are you planning to go back to school?
Are you well enough to go back to work?
before I have to go back to school
Come back / go back
come back-go back
come back, go back
Could you go back to the previous slide?
daylight savings time - the clocks go back
Do you need to go back to the store?
Don't go back
don't go back on it
Don't hold back baby, you've really got to go for it. Give it everything!
even if they did go back
get back home or go back home?
go all the way back to
go all the way round the roundabout and back underneath
Go as far back as
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