come back

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come back

The player will come back to score the tying goal.

Definition

Verb: 1. To return to a place, person, or state: To go or travel back to a previous location or condition. 2. To reply, especially in a sharp or witty way: To answer or respond, often to a criticism or challenge. 3. To become popular or successful again: To return to a former state of popularity, fashion, or prominence. 4. To return to one's memory or mind: To be remembered or recalled.

Usage and Examples
  • To return to a place or person:
    • She promised to come back home before dark.
    • I left my keys at the office and had to come back for them.
  • To reply or retort:
    • When he criticized her work, she came back with a brilliant counter-argument.
    • "That's not true!" he came back quickly.
  • To regain popularity or success:
    • Bell-bottom jeans are trying to come back into style.
    • After a series of losses, the team fought hard to come back and win the championship.
  • To return to memory:
    • His name will come back to me eventually, I just need a moment.
    • The details of that day suddenly came back to her.
Advanced Usage
  • "to come back from the dead": To recover from a seemingly hopeless situation; to regain success after a major failure.
    • The company was nearly bankrupt but managed to come back from the dead with a new product line.
  • "to come back to haunt someone": For a past action or mistake to cause problems later.
    • His careless words came back to haunt him during the election.
Variants and Related Words
  • Comeback (noun):
    • A return to former success or popularity. The singer made a spectacular comeback after a decade away.
    • A quick, clever reply. She had a sharp comeback for every insult.
  • Return (verb/noun): A more general synonym for coming back to a place or state.
Synonyms
  • Return: To go or come back to a place or condition.
  • Retort: To reply sharply or wittily.
  • Recover: To regain a normal state (e.g., health, success).
  • Recur: To come back into one's mind.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Come back at: To reply forcefully to someone.
    • He came back at his critics with new evidence.
  • Come back to: To return to a topic of discussion.
    • Let's come back to the main issue after the break.
Related Idioms
  • Come back down to earth: To return to reality after a period of excitement or fantasy.
    • After winning the lottery, it took him weeks to come back down to earth.
  • What goes around comes around: The consequences of one's actions will eventually have an effect on the originator. (Conceptually related to things "coming back").
come back

The player will come back to score the tying goal.

Verb
  1. answer back
  2. even the score, in sports
  3. go back to something earlier
    • This harks back to a previous remark of his
  4. be restored
    • Her old vigor returned

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