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come back

come back


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. regain popularity: to become popular again
Seventies fashions came back briefly during the mid-nineties.

2. return to mind: to appear or become clear again from somebody's memory
I can't remember the address, but give me a moment and it'll come back to me.

3. retort: to reply energetically or aggressively to somebody
She came back at him immediately with a counterblast.

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