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come back
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of COME BACK
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to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness <she's slowly coming back after being in a coma>
Synonyms come back, gain, heal, mend, pull round [chiefly British], rally, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back
Related Words come around, come round, come to, improve, pick up, revive; cheer (up), perk (up); pull through, survive; recruit
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to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction <he came back with another one of his smart remarks>
Related Words acknowledge, comment, communicate, correspond, react, remark; counter, defend, deny, explain, field, rebut, refute
Near Antonyms challenge, cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, quiz; poll, query, survey
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