return to one's muttons
To get back to the business at hand.
H. R. Haweis I willingly return to my muttons.
return
UK /ɹɪˈtɜːn/ US /ɹɪˈtɜːn/
verb 5noun 5
Definitions
verb
1
To come or go back (to a place or person).
Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
2
To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
To return to my story[…]
3
To recur; to come again.
Winter returns every year.
4
To turn back, retreat.
‘I suppose here is none woll be glad to returne – and as for me,’ seyde Sir Cador, ‘I had lever dye this day that onys to turne my bak.’
5
To turn (something) round.
Whan Kyng Marke harde hym sey that worde, he returned his horse and abode by hym.
noun
1
The act of returning.
I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railroad station.
2
A return ticket.
Do you want a one-way or a return?
3
An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
Most product returns to the top retailers in the USA (either direct from the consumer or through non-sales) will be taken back by the original suppliers for rework or disposal.
4
An answer.
a return to one's question
5
An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold
The other returns having come in, the result of the poll, that Sir James Graham had been superseded by Major Aglionby, was declared at Carlisle soon after 11 a.m.
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