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1. cool off p.v. When the temperature of a thing or place becomes lower, it cools off.

It was really hot yesterday, but it cooled off in the evening.

This is too hot — I'll eat it after it cools off.

2. cool... off p.v. When people or things cause a thing or place to become cooler, they cool it off.

The coffee was really hot, but he put an ice cube in it and it cooled right off.

This bath is too hot. Put more cold water in it to cool it off.

3. cool off p.v. When you become less angry or less excited, you cool off.

He's furious now, but he'll cool off by morning.

Their passion for each other has cooled off.

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1. go back (to) p.v. When you return to a place where you were before, you go back or go back to that place.

That restaurant was terrible. We'll never go back.

Dorothy left the Emerald City and went back to Kansas.

2. go back (to) p.v. When a condition, problem, practice, or custom goes back to a

certain time, it began at that time.

The tradition of saluting in the military goes back to the Middle Ages.

His drug problem goes back to his college years.

3. go back (to) p.v. When you are discussing the age of something, you go back or go back to when it was created or started.

This table is very valuable. It goes back to the 1760s.

The archeologist found ruins that go back 5,000 years.