comebacknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌm.bæk/us/ˈkʌm.bæk/C1 an attempt to become famous, powerful, or important again after a period of being much less famous, etc.:
She's trying to make a comeback with her first album for 20 years.
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- Apparently bread and butter pudding is making a comeback in smart restaurants.
- A rich businessman is financing their comeback attempt.
- The singer staged a remarkable comeback with his latest album.
- The party's comeback was largely due to their promises to lower tax.
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Repeating an action
- bring
- bring sth back
- circle
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- do sth over
- drawing board
- eye
- keep on doing sth
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance
- practice
- practise
- repeat
- revert to sth
- revisit
- there you go again idiom
- warm
- warm sth over
- warmed-over
- wave
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