comeback

About 0.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.

   That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback.

2. noun A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.

   I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.

3. noun An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.
4. verb Misspelling of come back.

Similar words

return retort rejoinder riposte returning resurgence retour reappearance renascence resumption

Often followed by

in of and to as with for from was

Word family

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