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come back
Retort or reply; also, retaliate. For example, No matter how many insults he flings, I can always come back with another . [Late 1800s]
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]
Return to one's mind, as in Her name came back to me after I saw her picture . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
But there was something about the twisty alchemy of his 2018 surprise smash "A Simple Favor" that made him want to come back for more.
A few weeks later, there were reports that the former president had come back and was in Goma, one of the cities captured by the M23.
If you go to the polling station without the correct ID, you will be asked to come back with valid documentation.
She said she was "delighted" when illustrator Axel Scheffler came back on board.
In mitigation, Mr Clemo accepted victims had faced an extensive delay in getting justice, but that Burrows had come back of his own free will and didn't "have to come back in shackles".
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