verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
revive/resurrect your career (= make it successful again )
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The singer is seeking to revive his pop career.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
career
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Brave Emeruwa resurrects his Wasps career .
■ VERB
try
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Now, as they try to resurrect lost glory, the Raiders embrace power in numbers.
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How dared he do this to her? Try and resurrect something that was well and truly dead!
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Last weekend Tracey had tried to resurrect his relationship with her, now it was Anthony Swan.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Silverado" was an entertaining but unsuccessful attempt to resurrect the Western.
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Old theories about the origin of the universe have recently been resurrected.
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There's a growing drive to resurrect the ancient woodland tradition of charcoal burning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clinton, in his election-year State of the Union speech, resurrected some of the middle-class themes of his 1992 campaign.
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Even old forgery charges of 1813 were resurrected by the daily newspapers.
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I do not intend now to resurrect the metaphysical theory I said in Chapter 2 that we do not need.
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Now, as they try to resurrect lost glory, the Raiders embrace power in numbers.
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The player's agent Rodger Linse says there is now nothing to stop United resurrecting the deal.
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The real Erik died more than 1,000 years ago, but he was recently resurrected on the big screen by Terry Jones.