come back

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See also: comeback, Comeback, come-back, and Come-back

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come back (third-person singular simple present comes back, present participle coming back, simple past came back, past participle come back)

  1. (intransitive) To return to a place.
  2. (intransitive) To return to one's possession, especially of memories.
    Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
  3. (intransitive) To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner.
    • 2009 July 14, Ingrid Michaelson, “Maybe”, in Everybody‎:
      […] I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly / But I will, I will, oh yes I will / 'Cause maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back around / Maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back […]
  4. (intransitive) To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.
    Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever.
    Paisley is coming back this year.
    I'll come back to the harder questions after finishing the rest of the test.
  5. (intransitive) To retort.
    He came back with one of his snide remarks.

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