come back
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++come back → come back at come1(PHRASAL VERB)
come back
come back phrasal verb (see also come)
1. to return to a particular place or person
SYN return:
My mother was scared that if I left home I’d never come back.
Ginny’s left me, and there’s nothing I can do to persuade her to come back.
2. to become fashionable or popular again ⇨ comeback:
Who’d have thought hippy gear would ever come back!
High heels are coming back into fashion.
3. to appear or start to affect someone or something again
SYN return:
The pain in her arm came back again.
It took a while for my confidence to come back.
4. if something comes back to you, you remember it or remember how to do it:
As I walked the city streets, the memories came flooding back.
come back to
I can’t think of her name at the moment, but it’ll come back to me.
5. to reply to someone quickly, often in an angry or unkind way ⇨ comeback
come back at
He came back at me immediately, accusing me of being a liar.
come back phrasal verb (see also come)
1. to return to a particular place or person
SYN return:
2. to become fashionable or popular again ⇨ comeback:
3. to appear or start to affect someone or something again
SYN return:
4. if something comes back to you, you remember it or remember how to do it:
come back to
5. to reply to someone quickly, often in an angry or unkind way ⇨ comeback
come back at
return to come or go back from one place to another 指回来、回去、返回 ：◆ I waited a long time for him to return. 我等他回来等了很长时间。 NOTE Return is slightly more formal than the other words in this group, and is used more often in writing or formal speech.* return 较本组其他的词稍正式，较常用于书面语或正式场合中。 come back to return 指回来、返回 NOTE Come back is usually used from the point of view of the person or place that sb returns to.* come back 通常指回到说话人处或所在的地方 ：◆ Come back and visit again soon! 请早点儿再回来探访！ go back to return to the place you recently or originally came from or that you have been to before 指回去、返回 NOTE Go back is usually used from the point of view of the person who is returning.* go back 通常是从要返回者的角度来说 ：◆ Do you ever want to go back to China? 你想过回中国去吗？ get back to arrive back somewhere, especially at your home or the place where you are staying 指返回、回去，尤指回家 ：◆ What time did you get back last night? 你昨晚什么时候回家的？ turn back to return the way that you came, especially because sth stops you from continuing 指原路返回、往回走，尤指因某事阻止而不能继续前进 ：◆ The weather got so bad that we had to turn back. 天气变得非常恶劣，我们不得不循原路折回。
Patterns
to return/come back/go back/get back to/from/with sthto return/come back/go back/get back/turn back again to return/come back/go back/get back home/to work to return/come back/get back safely
See also come