Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A return to formerly enjoyed status or prosperity.
- noun A return to popularity.
- noun The act of making up a deficit, as in a contest or game.
- noun A reply, especially a quick witty one; a retort.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
return (e.g. topopularity ,success , etc.). - noun A
retort oranswer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
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Examples
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(Soundbite of song, "Get Behind the Mule") MILES: I've never liked the term comeback because after a while, big players can never come back to what they were.
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(Soundbite of song, "Get Behind the Mule") MILES: I've never liked the term comeback because after a while, big players can never come back to what they were.
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(Soundbite of song, "Get Behind the Mule") MILES: I've never liked the term comeback because after a while, big players can never come back to what they were.
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The last thing that a dethroaned celebrity icon needs by his side while trying to force a comeback is a reminder of George Bush, his lies and his failed neocon agenda hanging around your neck.
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Your comeback is the typical move-the-goalposts tirade with fancy bold letters very much preferred by the willfully ignorant.
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And what she called a comeback looked a little more like desperation.
What Lindsay Lohan can learn from Mel Gibson and other celebrity lawbreakers 2010
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"Just the comeback is all that matters," Guerrero said.
USATODAY.com 2004
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If Carl Edwards is going to make a title comeback, he's going to need help - and Jimmie Johnson to lose speed.
FOXSports.com News 2008
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If Carl Edwards is going to make a title comeback, he's going to need help - and Jimmie Johnson to lose speed.
FOXSports.com News 2008
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I think this "comeback" is totally irrelevant and disengenuous.
hernesheir commented on the word comeback
The progeny resulting from a mating of a Merino with a British longwool sheep.
February 18, 2010
MaryW commented on the word comeback
Marie Browne, Narrow Margins (Mid-Glamorgan: Accent Press Ltd., 2009), p. 31(Apparently "survey" in Br. Eng. is used a "inspection" is in US Eng., at least in the context of buying and selling houses and live-aboard boats.)
November 3, 2015