bring backverb/ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/

• 1

  To fetch something.

  • I brought back the groceries.
  • If you're going to the store, could you bring me back some chocolate?
• 2

  To cause someone to remember something from the past.

  • The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.
• 3

  To reenact an old rule or law.

  • In the UK it is customary to hold a vote every few years on whether to bring back the death penalty.
• 4

  To revive, to resurrect; to cause something dead to be alive once again.

  • Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, ⁠Nor other thought her mind admits ⁠But, he was dead, and there he sits, And he that brought him back is there.
  • The old man turned and regarded her, and his voice shook. "He has been dead ten days, and besides he — I would not tell you else, but — I could only recognize him by his clothing. If he was too terrible for you to see then, how now?" / "Bring him back," cried the old woman, and dragged him toward the door. "Do you think I fear the child I have nursed?"