Akademik

come back
verb
1. be restored (Freq. 3)
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Her old vigor returned

• Syn: ↑return
• Hypernyms: ↑reappear, ↑re-emerge
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

2. go back to something earlier (Freq. 2)
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This harks back to a previous remark of his

• Syn: ↑hark back, ↑return, ↑recall
• Hypernyms: ↑denote, ↑refer
• Hyponyms: ↑recur, ↑go back
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP

3. even the score, in sports (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑catch up
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

4. answer back (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑retort, ↑repay, ↑return, ↑riposte, ↑rejoin
• Derivationally related forms: ↑riposte (for: ↑riposte), ↑return (for: ↑return), ↑comeback, ↑retort (for: ↑retort)
• Hypernyms: ↑answer, ↑reply, ↑respond
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE


Useful english dictionary. 2012.