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Come back

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Verb
  1. 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. 2
    be restored wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    answer back wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    go back to something earlier wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    even the score, in sports wordnet
  4. 9
    To retort. intransitive

    "He came back with one of his snide remarks."

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