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come back from

come back from verb: to become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc.

Verb

come back from (third-person singular simple present comes back from, present participle coming back from, simple past came back from, past participle come back from)

  1. To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc.
    • It's tough to come back from a public humiliation.

Forms of come back from

third-person singular presentcomes back from
present participlecoming back from
pastcame back from
past participlecome back from

Questions about come back from

What does come back from mean?
Come back from means to become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc.
What part of speech is come back from?
Come back from is a verb.
What is the past tense of come back from?
The past tense of come back from is came back from.

Words near come back from in the dictionary

  1. come at a cost
  2. come at me
  3. come away
  4. come away empty
  5. come back
  6. come back from
  7. come back from the dead
  8. come back to bite
  9. come back to haunt
  10. come back to one's senses
  11. come before

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