Come back
verb
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To return to a place. intransitive
"But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real."
- 2 be restored wordnet
- 3 To return to one's possession, especially of memories. intransitive
"Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother."
- 4 answer back wordnet
- 5 To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner. intransitive
"[…] 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[…]"
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- 6 go back to something earlier wordnet
- 7 To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more. intransitive
"Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever."
- 8 even the score, in sports wordnet
- 9 To retort. intransitive
"He came back with one of his snide remarks."
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More examples"But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real."