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bring someone or something back to make someone or something return. (See also bring something back to life.) Would you please bring the child back? Bring back my child! bring something back to restore an earlier style or practice. Please bring the good old days back. Bring back good times for all of us. bring something back (to someone) to remind someone of something. The funeral brought memories back. The warm winds brought back the old feeling of loneliness that I had experienced so many times in the tropics. bring back something also bring something back 1. to cause something to become popular again He's trying to bring back disco music. 2. to cause someone to remember something That music always brings back happy memories. Related vocabulary: bring to mind somebody/somethingHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. I am the land of their fathers, In me the virtue stays; I will bring back my children, After certain days. He has sent me hither for one reason only, to be rid of me awhile, and, whatever the words I bring back to him, the end will be the same--that night shall come when you will find an impi at your gates. |
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