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COMING BACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Synonyms:
coming back; return
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coming back" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (a movement in a new direction)
Context examples:
“A dry question to answer,” cried the younger, coming back on to his feet.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The infection may seem to go away but keeps coming back.
(Chronic bacterial prostatitis, NCI Dictionary)
Because advanced cancers are difficult to completely remove with surgery, doctors typically give chemotherapy to try to kill undetected cancer cells left behind and prevent the cancer from coming back.
(Scientists develop potential new approach to stop cancer metastasis, National Institutes of Health)
"It is going extremely fast and on such a trajectory that we can say with confidence that this object is on its way out of the solar system and not coming back."
(Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System, NASA)
The puzzle presented by this region is one thing that keeps astronomers coming back to it.
(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)
Once in the patient, the engineered dendritic cells migrate to the lymph node and activate T cells to fight the tumor and create an immune memory to prevent the cancer from coming back.
(Boosting Immunotherapy Against Brain Cancer, NIH)
“Now, by Gar, I feex you!” he cried, coming back with a heavy club in his hand.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
"By the way," he continued, coming back to his chair, "what do you know of this Professor Challenger?"
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The carrier looked at me, as if to inquire if she were coming back.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"I should like much to send all the rest after him," muttered the Professor, coming back with a relieved air.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
