| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | back to where | к прежнему состоянию, уровню и т. п. (Their ground forces have been degraded to the point where it will take them years to get back to where they were. I. Havkin) |
| gen. | back to where one was | на круги своя |
| idiom. | get back to where one once belonged | отправляться восвояси (from "Get Back' from The Beatles' album 'Let It Be" (1970 oleks_aka_doe) |