comeback
Use Comeback in a sentence
noun
1.
a return to a former higher rank, popularity, position, prosperity, etc.: The ex-champion kept trying to make a comeback.
2.
a clever or effective retort; rejoinder; riposte: That was a great comeback the comedian made to the hecklers.
3.
Informal. a basis or cause of complaint: If you insist on buying these pointed shoes, you'll have no comeback when your toes start to hurt.
Origin:
1815–25; noun use of verb phrase come back
1815–25; noun use of verb phrase come back
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comeback (ˈkʌmˌbæk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a return to a former position, status, etc |
| 2. | a return or response, esp recriminatory |
| 3. | a quick reply; retort |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to return |
| 5. | to become fashionable again |
| 6. | to reply after a period of consideration: I'll come back to you on that next week |
| 7. | (US), (Canadian) to argue back; retort |
| 8. | come back to someone (of something forgotten) to return to someone's memory |
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Comeback
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example sentences
People are out of work and they're hurting-wondering what they going to do to make a comeback.
Party leaders will owe her one when she decides to make her political comeback.
It seems implausible that the investment bank will make a comeback, given the speed with which it has unravelled.
Yet now both the private partnership and the state-controlled company are making a comeback.
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