come back

/kəm bæk/

/kəm bæk/

Other forms: came back; coming back; comes back

Definitions of come back

1. verb

   go back to something earlier
   synonyms: hark back, recall, return, rewind

   types:

   go back, recur

   return in thought or speech to something

   type of:

   denote, refer

   have as a meaning
2. verb

   be restored
   synonyms: return

   type of:

   re-emerge, reappear

   appear again
3. verb

   even the score, in sports
   type of:

   catch up

   reach the point where one should be after a delay
4. verb

   answer back
   synonyms: rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte

   type of:

   answer, reply, respond

   react verbally