bring back

Definitions

1. 1

   To fetch something.

   • I brought back the groceries.
   • If you're going to the store, could you bring me back some chocolate?
2. 2

   To cause someone to remember something from the past.

   • The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.
3. 3

   To reenact an old rule or law.

   • In the UK it is customary to hold a vote every few years on whether to bring back the death penalty.
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   1. 4

      To revive, to resurrect

      To revive, to resurrect; to cause something dead to be alive once again.

      • Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, ⁠Nor other thought her mind admits ⁠But, he was dead, and there he sits, And he that brought him back is there.

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