Come Back Definition
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English
Verb
to come back (third-person singular simple present comes back, present participle coming back, simple past came back, past participle come back)
- (intransitive) To return to a place.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
Usage notes
We use come back when we talk about returning to where the speaker is located. Otherwise we use go back.
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