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1. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
   "it brought a sharp comeback from the teacher";
   - rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, counter
    
2. Return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

1. Be restored
   "Her old vigour came back";
   - return
    
2. Go back to something earlier
   "This comes back to a previous remark of his";
   - hark back, return, recall
    
3. Even the score, in sports
    
4. Respond in a quick, clever or humorous way
   - retort, repay, return, riposte, rejoin

Derived forms: comebacks, comes back, coming back, came back, come back

Type of: answer, catch up, denote, reappear, reappearance, re-emerge, refer, reply, respond, response, return

Encyclopedia: Comeback