coming back
On the rebound
Coming back is returning to a place, position, or condition after being away.
Someone comes back from vacation, from an injury, from obscurity.
A fashion comes back when it regains popularity.
In sports, a team coming back is recovering from a deficit.
The phrase often implies resilience: She's coming back stronger than ever.
Repeating sequence of events
- repetitionAct of redoing
- relapseReturn to former illness
- reappearanceComing back into view
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
pattern · echo · flare-up · setback · chronic · episodic · intermittent · seasonal
Restoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- restorationReturning something to condition
- recuperationGradual return to health
renewal · therapy · treatment · remission · regeneration · rebuilding · rejuvenation · resilience
Recalling past experiences
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
memories · flashback · retrospect · bygone · hiraeth · reverie · reflection · sentimentality
Hold closely in arms
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- reconnectEstablish contact again
- familyRelated people together
- friendsVoluntary close relations
rekindle · reconciliation · togetherness · bonding · fellowship · reminisce · welcome · reunite
cycle
Repeating sequence of events
- repetitionAct of redoing
- relapseReturn to former illness
- reappearanceComing back into view
reemergence · pattern · echo · flare-up · setback · chronic · episodic · intermittent · seasonal · recurring
healing
Restoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- restorationReturning something to condition
recuperation · renewal · therapy · treatment · remission · regeneration · rebuilding · rejuvenation · resilience · overcoming
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
longing · memories · flashback · retrospect · bygone · hiraeth · reverie · reflection · sentimentality · bittersweet
embrace
Hold closely in arms
friends · rekindle · reconciliation · togetherness · bonding · fellowship · reminisce · welcome · reunite · long-lost
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- alumniFormer school members
- footballField sport with goals
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
tradition · campus · queen · king · dance · floats · pep rally · marching band · court · mums
- renewalrenewal, reinvigoration, restart, reboot, fresh start
- revisiting actionsretrying, redoing, reviewing, rereading, rewatching
- regeneration in literaturerebirth, renewal, resurrection, phoenix, renaissance
- return migrationreverse migration, returnee, returnees
- centeringcentering, grounding, balance, equilibrium, stability
coming backgoing away
In the process of departure
leaving · departing · setting out · heading out · moving away
coming backstaying away
keeping away · staying put · keeping distance · disappearing · vanishing
coming backdisappearing
Ceasing to be visible
fading away · dying out · vanishing · ending · ceasing
back, come, coming, becoming, comeback, upcoming, becomes, comes, unbecoming