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come back

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: come back

1
v
go back to something earlier
2
v
even the score, in sports
3
v
answer back
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: come back
1

v go back to something earlier

Synonyms:
hark back, recall, return
Types:
go back, recur
return in thought or speech to something
Type of:
denote, refer
have as a meaning

v be restored

Synonyms:
return
Type of:
re-emerge, reappear
appear again
2

v even the score, in sports

Type of:
catch up
reach the point where one should be after a delay
3

v answer back

Synonyms:
rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte
Type of:
answer, reply, respond
react verbally
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