come back from the dead

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Verb

come back from the dead (third-person singular simple present comes back from the dead, present participle coming back from the dead, simple past came back from the dead, past participle come back from the dead)

1. (literal) To be revived after dying; to be resurrected.
2. To return after being presumed dead.
3. (chiefly, sports, idiomatic) To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.

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