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.