Won’t allow, good heavens, to go back to dress (7)

I believe the answer is:

bandage

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'dress' is the definition.
(bandaging is a kind of dressing)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for bandage that I've seen before include "Dress" , "Wrapping for wound" , "Surgical dressing" , "Cloth to cover injuries" , "Wound dressing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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