return to

phrasal verb

returned to; returning to; returns to

: to go to (a place where one works, studies, etc.) again after being away for a time

When do you return to school?

: to start doing or using (something) again especially after a long time

She hopes to return to working at home next week.

: to start an activity again that relates to (something)

He returned to his book after feeding the cat.

Let's return to your first question.

: to change back to (an earlier or original condition or state)

She soon returned to her old habits.

His breathing returned to normal.

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However, with no episode airing tonight, when will the contestants and their pro partners return to the ballroom? —

Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Upon returning to the United States, Eisenberg gave her the photo as a gift. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024 Should neither side peel away significant portions of the other’s base, the race will return to basic principles: turnout. —

The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 Mann the novelist had meanwhile returned to The Magic Mountain, and his work on it took a swerve in the same crucial year of 1922. —

George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for return to