come back
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come back
verb comes back · coming back · came back · come back
- To return to a place. 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.
- To return to one's possession, especially of memories. Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
- To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner. […] I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly / But I will, I will, oh yes I will / 'Cause maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back around / Maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back[…]
- 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.
- To retort. He came back with one of his snide remarks.
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verb (''intransitive'') To return to a place
| 한국어 | 돌아오다 doraoda |
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| 日本語 | 戻る modoru, 帰る kaeru |
| 中文 | 回來 /回来 huílai, 返回 fǎnhuí |
| हिन्दी | वापस आना vāpas ānā |
| Português | voltar |
| Français | revenir |
| Deutsch | zurückkommen, zurückkehren |
| Italiano | tornare |
| Ελληνικά | ξανάρχομαι xanárchomai |
| Română | întoarce |
| Русский | возвраща́ться vozvraščátʹsja, возврати́ться vozvratítʹsja, верну́ться vernútʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | trở lại, trở về |
| العربية | عَادَ ʕāda, رَجَعَ rajaʕa |
| עברית | שָׁב shav |
verb to return to a desirable state
| Español | remontarse, repuntar, desquitarse, recobrarse |
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@misc{come_back_2026,
title = {come back},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20back},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
