Analysis Complete

come back

/ come back /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
be restored
"Her old vigor returned"
Type of:
reappear re-emerge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
even the score, in sports
Type of:
catch up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
answer back
Type of:
answer reply respond
Derived:
rejoinder retort return riposte replication
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 4
go back to something earlier
"This harks back to a previous remark of his"
Type of:
denote refer
Kinds of:
recur go back
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
resurrect rise uprise revisit trace
Derived:
return homecoming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
64%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

reappear re-emerge catch up answer reply respond denote refer recur go back travel go