come back
English
Verb
come back (third-person singular simple present comes back, present participle coming back, simple past came back, past participle come back)
- (intransitive) To return to a place.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- 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.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- (intransitive) To return to one's possession, especially of memories.
- Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
- (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.
- Paisley is coming back this year.
- (intransitive) To retort.
- He came back with one of his snide remarks.
Translations
(intransitive) To return to a place
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