COME BACK

v. , informal 1. To reply; answer. The lawyer came back sharply in defense of his client. No matter how the audience heckled him, the comedian always had an answer to come back with. 2. To get a former place or position back, reach again a place which you have lost. After a year off to have her baby, the singer came back to even greater fame. It is hard for a retired prize fighter to come hack and beat a younger man.