come back
verb- To return to a place.
- 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.
- 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.· Paisley is coming back this year.
- To retort. · He came back with one of his snide remarks.
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But the Tin Woodman caught the dog in his arms and held him tight, while he called to the mice, “Come back!
Come back!
The soldier had the news carried straight to Oz that Dorothy and the other travelers had come back again, after destroying the Wicked Witch; but Oz made no reply.
I will not spend _my_ hours in running after my neighbours every time they go away and come back again.”
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