come back from the dead

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come back from the dead also rise from the dead

to become successful or popular again after a period of not being successful or popular This was a company that had risen from the dead under the new direction of Tom Wiles.

See also: back, come, dead

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One evening, however, while they all sat dull and down-hearted, in came Hermod with a sword by his side, and saluted the King, who received him with the greatest joy, as if he had come back from the dead. The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context He embraced him, kissed him all over as though he had come back from the dead, and spoke fondly to him saying: The Odyssey by Homer View in context It was Nobela, she who had doomed me, she whom but now I had smitten to earth, but who had come back from the dead to curse me! Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context More results

? References in classic literature

One evening, however, while they all sat dull and down-hearted, in came Hermod with a sword by his side, and saluted the King, who received him with the greatest joy, as if he had come back from the dead.

The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context

He embraced him, kissed him all over as though he had come back from the dead, and spoke fondly to him saying:

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

It was Nobela, she who had doomed me, she whom but now I had smitten to earth, but who had come back from the dead to curse me!

Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context

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