Definition of bring back
1
:to come back with (something or someone)
- What did you bring back (with you) from your vacation?
- Bring your roommate back with you when you come home for the holidays.
- You promised to bring me back a present.
2
:to cause (something or someone) to return or be returned
- The death penalty was done away with in this area many years ago, but some people now want it to be brought back.
- The movie is a fantasy about a man who is brought back (to life) from the dead.
- The company is doing poorly, and its former president is being brought back to help solve its problems.
3
:to cause (something or someone) to return to a condition, subject, etc.
- That question brings us back (again) to the fundamental problem of world peace.
- We gradually brought the conversation back to the subject of his unpaid bills.
4
:to cause (something) to return to someone's memory
- Seeing her again brought back a lot of happy memories.
- I had almost forgotten about the time we spent together, but seeing her again brought it all back (to me).
