bring back
Definition
- Verb:
- To cause someone or something to return to a place or person: To take or carry something or someone back to where they came from.
- To cause something to be remembered: To make someone think about or remember something from the past.
- To restore to consciousness or life: To revive someone who is unconscious or seemingly lifeless. (This meaning is less common in general usage).
Usage and Examples
To cause to return:
- Please bring back the library books by Friday.
- The kidnappers promised to bring back the child unharmed.
To cause to be remembered:
- That song brings back so many memories of our college days.
- Visiting my old school brought back a flood of emotions.
To restore to consciousness (less common):
- The paramedics worked hard to bring him back after the accident.
Advanced Usage
"bring back memories": A common collocation meaning to cause past memories to surface.
- The smell of fresh rain always brings back memories of my childhood.
In a commercial/retail context: To reintroduce a product that was previously discontinued.
- Due to popular demand, the company decided to bring back their original recipe.
Variants and Related Words
- Bringback (noun, informal): Something that is brought back, often a souvenir.
- What bringbacks did you get from your trip?
Synonyms
- Return: To come or go back to a place or person.
- Retrieve: To get or bring something back.
- Evoke: To bring a feeling, memory, or image into the mind.
- Revive: To restore to life or consciousness.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Bring around/round: To cause someone to become conscious again; to persuade someone to agree with you.
- They used smelling salts to bring her round.
- It took a while, but I finally brought him around to our way of thinking.
Bring forward: To move something to an earlier time; to propose an idea.
- We need to bring the meeting forward to 2 PM.
- She brought forward an excellent suggestion.
Related Idioms
Bring back to life: To restore vitality, popularity, or existence to something.
- The new director's vision brought the old theater back to life.
Bring someone back down to earth: To make someone stop dreaming and face reality.
- Failing the test brought him back down to earth after his earlier success.
Verb
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return to consciousness
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These pictures bring back sad memories
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bring back to the point of departure
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