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come back

verb

1 come back

Be restored.

synonym: return.

Dutch: terugkomen

2 come back

Go back to something earlier.

synonyms: hark back, recall, return.

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; ... show more

Dutch: teruggrijpen

3 come back

Even the score, in sports.

4 come back

Answer back.

synonyms: rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte.

Roget 292: arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete etc. 729; ... show more

Dutch: pareren, riposteren, teruggeven


Moby thesaurus: acknowledge, answer, answer back, bounce back, come around, come back at, come home, come round, come to, come up smiling, double, double back, echo, flash back, get about, get over, get well, give acknowledgment, give answer, go back ... show more.

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