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| 1. | [ verb ] come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity | |
| Synonyms: | return go_back get_back | |
| Related terms: | travel go_home backtrack trace boomerang bounce cut_back return revisit home rise return | |
| 2. | [ verb ] be restored | |
| Synonyms: | return be_restored | |
| Examples: | "Her old vigor returned" |
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| Related terms: | reappear | |
| 3. | [ verb ] go back to something earlier | |
| Synonyms: | return recall hark_back | |
| Examples: | "This harks back to a previous remark of his" |
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| Related terms: | denote recur | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (sport) even the score, in sports | |
| Related terms: | catch_up | |
| 5. | [ verb ] answer back | |
| Synonyms: | retort return rejoin riposte repay | |
| Related terms: | answer rejoinder | |
| Similar spelling: |
comeback come_of_age Coombes |
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