noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪
Tatar Gorby Might this be the time for Mikhail Gorbachev's big comeback ?
▪
At least this much has to happen if labor is ever to have a big comeback .
▪
Home-brewing is also making its biggest comeback since Prohibition.
▪
With a little faith it could be the biggest comeback since Lazarus.
dramatic
▪
Lawrence looked ahead to a new challenge within minutes of celebrating a dramatic ten-man two-goal comeback at Wolves.
▪
Throughout the orchard bordered by stone walls, the forest was making a dramatic comeback .
▪
Besides, maybe Jansher was growing tired and sensed that I was on the verge of launching a dramatic and telling comeback .
▪
The Ottowa-based company has made a dramatic comeback from the brink of financial disaster the last couple of years.
▪
And with the help of breeders all over the world, they've made a dramatic comeback .
great
▪
His greatest comeback was yet to be.
late
▪
A second-half penalty from Denis Irwin failed to inspire United's usual late comeback .
▪
The Cougars also can take something out of the late comeback , which proved there is both ability and grit in there.
▪
Which brings us to the Powerhaus, and the Boys' latest Sinatra-style comeback .
political
▪
Nor did Peter regain effective control of his kingdom as Henry, although defeated at Nájera, staged a political comeback .
▪
Clinton began his political comeback after the debacle of the 1994 congressional elections as the protector of the elderly from hard-hearted Republicans.
▪
Yet he has continued to nurse hopes of a political comeback .
remarkable
▪
Richard Barnett reports on a remarkable comeback .
▪
Again this year, just when it seemed his Olympic goal was slipping away, Dolan staged another remarkable comeback .
▪
Despite his humbling defeat for the governorship of California in 1962, the latter had made a remarkable comeback .
■ VERB
make
▪
Most modern toilets are low-level, but high-level cisterns are making a comeback for traditional looking bathrooms.
▪
But since then it has been making a comeback .
▪
Richard Gough will make his comeback for Rangers tomorrow only six weeks after shattering his jaw in four places.
▪
She made a comeback this year and came from behind to win the event at the Olympic Trials in Indianapolis.
▪
Ian Ferguson will make his comeback with the reserves and Ian Durrant is back from a short holiday on Monday.
▪
Magic Johnson was always willing to make an Olympic comeback .
▪
Unfortunately, original Teardrops and Phantoms are exceptionally rare, but Vox Amplification have decided these guitars should make a comeback .
▪
But did he ever make a comeback .
stage
▪
Nor did Peter regain effective control of his kingdom as Henry, although defeated at Nájera, staged a political comeback .
▪
By 1995 all the Big Three had staged a comeback in sales and profits.
▪
Yet he staged an amazing comeback to pound out a points win.
▪
The rain is over, the Falcons are dying on the tube, the sun is staging a comeback .
▪
Again this year, just when it seemed his Olympic goal was slipping away, Dolan staged another remarkable comeback .
start
▪
The comeback would start , and it would start right now.
▪
Almost as surprising as the Clippers' comeback was the starting appearance by Lamond Murray.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stage a comeback/recovery etc
▪
By 1995 all the Big Three had staged a comeback in sales and profits.
▪
Government forecasts acknowledge the economy is unlikely to stage a recovery this year.
▪
In second stage recovery there is value in occasional attendance at meetings of other Fellowships if one has a measure of cross-addiction.
▪
Rab tried to stage a comeback.
▪
Second stage recovery generally begins in the third year.
▪
The rain is over, the Falcons are dying on the tube, the sun is staging a comeback.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
I can never think of a comeback when I need one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Besides, maybe Jansher was growing tired and sensed that I was on the verge of launching a dramatic and telling comeback .
▪
Comfort is the reason old-fashioned ceiling fans have been making a comeback , especially during the last decade.
▪
Most of the zip codes with little or no comeback were concentrated in the East Bay and far North Bay.
▪
Then, allegations from five female recruits during his comeback cut short his new career.