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come again?

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  1. What did you say? as in Come again? I can't believe you said that. This expression takes the literal meaning of the phrase—return—to ask someone to repeat a statement, either because it wasn't heard clearly or because its truth is being questioned. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]

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Isak's chance will certainly come again, but while the record £125m summer signing is sidelined with a broken leg, all he can do is watch and admire his fellow forward.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

"I hope violence will not come again," food vendor Rehema Shehoza, 32, told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

This should be a priority before fires come again, because they will.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

"This Christmas, God's Church itself needs to come again to the manger and strip off her finery and kneel in penitence and adoration. And be changed," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

“Colonel, half the men are down. If they come again . . .” He shrugged, annoyed, baffled as if by a problem he could not quite solve, yet ought to, certainly, easily.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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