come back v 1: come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity [syn: {return}, {go back}, {get back}] 2: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: {return}] 3: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" [syn: {hark back}, {return}, {recall}] 4: even the score, in sports 5: answer back [syn: {retort}, {repay}, {return}, {riposte}, {rejoin}]