comeback

noun

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come·back | \ ˈkəm-ˌbak

Definition of comeback

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : a sharp or witty reply : retort

b : a cause for complaint

2 : a return to a former position or condition (as of success or prosperity) : recovery, revival … staging his ultimate comeback from self-imposed exile in Belgium.— Howard Mandel These days, the cocktail—the true cocktail—is said to be making a comeback.— Frank H. Prial

come back

verb

came back; come back; coming back; comes back

Definition of come back (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

1 : to return to life or vitality

2 : to return to memory it's all coming back to me now

3 : reply, retort when questioned, he came back with a vehement denial

4a : to regain a former favorable condition or position

b : to recover from a deficit in a contest or competition … it was the first time in NHL history that a team was down by three goals inside the final five minutes and came back to win a game.— Mike Harrington

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Examples of comeback in a Sentence

Noun The species was nearly extinct but is now making a comeback. Short skirts were out of fashion for many years, but now they're making a comeback. The team was trailing after the first half, but they made a comeback and won in the second half. The team mounted a comeback in the second half of the season. Verb she's slowly coming back after being in a coma the American bald eagle was once nearly extinct but has come back strong See More

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun But people here haven't always had air conditioning, and an ancient Arabic architectural cooling technique has made a comeback — with a modern twist. — Angela Dewan, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022 But as lockdown restrictions lifted, in-person events have made an impressive comeback. — Mimi Flanders, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 Don’t Let This Flop, the American Girl dolls have made a splashy comeback. — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2022 With a virtual residency in London, and a best-selling new album release in 2021, Voyage, the Swedish pop superstars made a mighty comeback, without ever leaving us. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 July 2022 Sheree Whitfield recently made a comeback on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 July 2022 On Wednesday, during the broadcast of the ESPYS, the infamous Durant joke made a comeback in a pretty hilarious way. — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 July 2022 Phylogeny made a comeback in the seventies and eighties, after the German entomologist Willi Hennig developed more rigorous criteria for identifying common ancestry and drawing evolutionary trees. — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 Small performances have made a comeback in the country recently, particularly in and around Damascus. — Omar Sanadiki, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2022 See More

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