come back
Idioms-
Return to or regain past success or popularity, as in It's hard to come back from two sets down and win the match , or Long hemlines are coming back this fall . [Early 1900s]
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Return to one's mind, as in Her name came back to me after I saw her picture . [Late 1800s]
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Retort or reply; also, retaliate. For example, No matter how many insults he flings, I can always come back with another . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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Christian Watson didn’t literally come back from the dead on “Thursday Night Football.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
I didn’t really come back to baseball until roughly 20 years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Since Tuesday, Kherson has "literally come back to life," Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Others get that, but then get overwhelmed by the choices and never come back to select funds once the rollover cash settles.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
I stood up in the buckboard and yelled as loud as I could, “Rowdy, you’d better leave those baby coons alone. That old mama coon will skin you alive! You come back here now!”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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