came back
Made a return
Came back is the past tense of come back, meaning to return to a place or state.
Someone who left came back an hour later.
A forgotten memory came back to me.
A team trailing in a game came back to win.
In conversation, came back often introduces a retort: She came back with a sharp reply.
- reappearBecome visible again
- recoverRegain health or possession
- returnGo back again
- resurfaceAppear again after absence
- deja vuIllusion of prior experience
flashback · home · reenter · second wind · phoenix · prodigal · boomerang · returned the favor · resume · reunion · homecoming · convalesce · callback · resurgence · revisited · echoed · recurred · arrived
- close callsclose call, near miss, narrow escape, close shave, nick of time
recovery/decline
came backfaded away
Gradually lost presence
declined · deteriorated · faded · collapsed · fell apart
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