comeback kid
informal (originally US )
noun
(Frequently with the) a person who ultimately succeeds after initial difficulties or failure; a person renowned for making unlikely comebacks.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Ogden (Utah) Standard.
- break ship
- break someone in
- break someone's fall
- break someone's heart
- break (someone's) serve (or service)
- break someone up
- break something down
- break something in
- break something off
- break something open
- break something out
- break something up
- Breakspear, Nicholas
- break step
- break sweat (or break a sweat)
- break the back of
- break the bank
- break the ice
- break the mould
- break through
- breakthrough
- breakthrough bleeding
- breakthrough pain
- break up
- breakwater