come back
verb
Forms comes back coming back came back
- verb (intransitive) To return to a place.
- verb (intransitive) To return to one's possession, especially of memories. “Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.”
- verb (intransitive) To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner.
- verb (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.”
- verb (intransitive) To retort. “He came back with one of his snide remarks.”
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