getting back to
Returning to previously
Getting back to signals a return to a previous topic or task after an interruption or digression.
In conversation, it redirects attention: Getting back to what you were saying earlier...
It also means resuming contact with someone: I'll be getting back to you about the job next week.
The phrase implies picking up where something was left off.
- returningGoing back to origin
- resumingBeginning again after pause
- workEffort toward a goal
- reconnectingResuming a severed link
- refocusingDirecting attention anew
main point · home · old routine · daily life · school · reality · revisiting · pick up · restoring · make amends · square one · drawing board · recovering · reverting · regaining · mend fences · recapitulating · brass tacks
getting back tostarting fresh
Beginning again from zero
starting from scratch · initiating · commencing · breaking new ground · starting out
getting back toabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
dropping · leaving behind · forgetting about · walking away from · quitting
getting back toignoring
Deliberately not noticing
ghosting · leaving on read · blowing off · neglecting · disregarding
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