come backverb

• 1

  To return to a place.

  • But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real.
• 2

  To return to one's possession, especially of memories.

  • Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
• 3

  To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner.

  • […] I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly / But I will, I will, oh yes I will / 'Cause maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back around / Maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back[…]
• 4

  To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.

  • Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever.
  • Paisley is coming back this year.
• 5

  To retort.

  • He came back with one of his snide remarks.