もどす
to return
You put the thing back through the door it came out of. More もど of the same: the conversation wandered off and somebody drags it back: もどす.
戻る もどる is you going back yourself. 戻す is putting something else back. 帰る かえる is going home and 返す かえす is giving a thing back to its owner.
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