phrasal verb · neutral
come back
/kʌm bæk/come·BACK
speakingtask2
to return to a place or to return to a topic/idea; to be remembered again
Examples
“She came back to the argument later in the essay.”
“After ten years abroad he came back home to settle.”
“When I smell that perfume, memories come back vividly.”
Band 8 sentence
“I will come back to that methodological issue in the second half of my presentation.”
Collocations
- come back home
- come back to the point
- memories come back
Word family
come back vcomes back v (3rd sg)came back v (past)coming back v (gerund)
Common mistakes
He come back yesterday.→He came back yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5go back→6return→7+come back
Synonyms
return
Easily confused
return
“She returned to her hometown after graduation.”
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