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bring back to life

bring back to life verb: to return someone to a state of consciousness or living after a state of unconsciousness, death or near-death.

Verb

bring back to life (third-person singular simple present brings back to life, present participle bringing back to life, simple past and past participle brought back to life)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To return someone to a state of consciousness or living after a state of unconsciousness, death or near-death.
    Synonyms:
    resuscitate, revive, resurrect, reanimate, rez / res

Synonyms of bring back to life

All synonyms of bring back to life

Forms of bring back to life

third-person singular presentbrings back to life
present participlebringing back to life
past participlebrought back to life
pastbrought back to life

Origin of bring back to life

From the phrase bring to life with the predicate adjective back (“returned to a previous state or condition”).

Questions about bring back to life

What does bring back to life mean?
Bring back to life means to return someone to a state of consciousness or living after a state of unconsciousness, death or near-death.
What part of speech is bring back to life?
Bring back to life is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring back to life?
The past tense of bring back to life is brought back to life.

Words near bring back to life in the dictionary

  1. bring along
  2. bring an end to
  3. bring around
  4. bring away
  5. bring back
  6. bring back to life
  7. bring centre
  8. bring centres
  9. bring coals to Newcastle
  10. bring down
  11. bring down a notch

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