Definition of Come back

1. Verb. Be restored. "Her old vigor returned"

Exact synonyms: Return
Generic synonyms: Re-emerge, Reappear

2. Verb. Go back to something earlier. "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
Exact synonyms: Hark Back, Recall, Return
Generic synonyms: Denote, Refer
Specialized synonyms: Go Back, Recur

3. Verb. Even the score, in sports.
Generic synonyms: Catch Up

4. Verb. Answer back. "They come back that there was a traffic accident "
Exact synonyms: Rejoin, Repay, Retort, Return, Riposte
Generic synonyms: Answer, Reply, Respond
Derivative terms: Comeback, Retort, Return, Riposte

Definition of Come back

1. Verb. (intransitive) To return to a place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Back

come-to-Jesus
come a cropper
come a long way
come about
come across
come after
come again
come alive
come along
come and go
come apart
come around
come away
come back (current term)
come before
come between
come by
come clean
come close
come down
come down on
come down the pike
come down to
come down to us
come down with
come for
come forth
come forward

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