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Verb come back has 4 senses

• come back(v = verb.change) return - be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
is one way to re-emerge, reappear
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• come back(v = verb.communication) hark back, recall, return - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

• come back(v = verb.motion) Array - even the score, in sports; Array
is one way to catch up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• come back(v = verb.communication) rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte - answer back; Array
is one way to answer, reply, respond
Derived form noun comeback₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

THESAURUS

come back

acknowledge, answer, answer back, bounce back, come around, come back at, come home, come round, come to, come up smiling, double, double back, echo, flash back, get about, get over, get well, give acknowledgment, give answer, go back, go home, make a comeback, pull round, pull through, put back, rally, react, recover, recur, reecho, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, return to mind, reverberate, revive, riposte, say, say in reply, shoot back, survive, talk back, turn back, weather the storm

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Regression

VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.

Arrival

VB arrive, get to, come to, come, reach, attain, come up with, come up to, overtake, make, fetch, complete, join, rejoin, light, alight, dismount, land, go ashore, debark, disembark, put in, put into, visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent, sit down, get to one's journey's end, make the land, be in at the death, come back, get back, come home, get home, return, come in, make one's appearance, drop in, detrain, deplane, outspan, de-orbit, come to hand, come at, come across, hit, come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon, meet, encounter, rencounter, come in contact.

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