come back from the dead
Rise from death
To come back from the dead is to return to life after dying, whether literally (in religious narratives, horror films, or medical resuscitation) or figuratively.
A career, company, or sports team comes back from the dead when it recovers from what seemed like certain failure: The franchise came back from the dead after that third-quarter rally.
Everyone thought the startup was finished, but it came back from the dead with new funding.
- LazarusBiblical man raised from death
- revivifyRestore to life
- reappearBecome visible again
- presumed deadLegally considered no longer living
- resurrectionRevival from death
reanimation · revenant · return · undead · final breath · pull through · restore · resuscitate · life support · phoenix · regenerate · beating heart · near-death experience · cheat death · rise from the dead · comeback · eternal life · necromancy
come back from the deaddie
Stop being alive
pass away · perish · expire · meet one's end · breathe one's last
come back from the deadgo under
Sink or fail completely
collapse · crash and burn · fall apart · go down in flames · meet one's end