bring back
/ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ verb
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- verb (transitive, ditransitive) To fetch something. “I brought back the groceries.”
- verb (transitive) To cause someone to remember something from the past. “The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.”
- verb (transitive) To reenact an old rule or law. “In the UK it is customary to hold a vote every few years on whether to bring back the death penalty.”
- verb (transitive) To revive, to resurrect; to cause something dead to be alive once again.
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