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come back

Phrasal Verb with come
 
/kʌm/ verb (present participle coming, past tense came, past participle come)

Definition

A2 to return to a place: We just came back from vacation.
(Definition of come back from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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