bring back
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bring back
- /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ US
verb brings back · bringing back · brought back
- To fetch something. I brought back the groceries.
- To cause someone to remember something from the past. The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.
- To reenact an old rule or law. In the UK it is customary to hold a vote every few years on whether to bring back the death penalty.
- To revive, to resurrect; to cause something dead to be alive once again. Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, Nor other thought her mind admits But, he was dead, and there he sits, And he that brought him back is there.
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Talk about this word "bring back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bring%20back. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bring back. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bring%20back "bring back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bring%20back.
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@misc{bring_back_2026,
title = {bring back},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bring%20back},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
