Comeback - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
Extra examples
The species was nearly extinct but is now making a comeback.
Short skirts were out of fashion for many years, but now they're making a comeback.
The team was trailing after the first half, but they made a comeback and won in the second half.
The team mounted a comeback in the second half of the season.
I couldn't think of a good comeback.
It is sometimes totally impossible to find any suitable comeback to the remark.
His career as a singer appeared to be over, but then he staged a comeback.
The team made an improbable comeback.
...possessing a nimble wit, he always has a cutting comeback for any intended insult thrown his way...
After five years in retirement, he staged a comeback to international tennis.
I wouldn't count him out. If anybody can make a comeback, he can.
Croft's comeback hit the skids yesterday when she lost in the quarter-finals.
He staged an amazing comeback.
The miniskirt made a comeback in the late 1980s.
Check your contract carefully, or you may have no comeback if something goes wrong.
Word forms
singular: comeback
plural: comebacks
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