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I went ahead going back to food emporium (3)

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I believe the answer is:

dli

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'food emporium' is the definition.
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'i went ahead going back' is the wordplay.
'went ahead' becomes 'ld' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'going back' is a reversal indicator.
'i'+'ld'='ild'
'ild' back-to-front is 'DLI'.

'to' acts as a link.

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