go back to

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, of two or more persons) 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.

   A package that cannot be delivered will go back to the sender.