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bring someone or something back

to make someone or something return. (See also bring something back to life.) Would you please bring the child back? Bring back my child!

See also: back, bring

bring something back

to restore an earlier style or practice. Please bring the good old days back. Bring back good times for all of us.

See also: back, bring

bring something back (to someone)

to remind someone of something. The funeral brought memories back. The warm winds brought back the old feeling of loneliness that I had experienced so many times in the tropics.

See also: back, bring

bring back something

also bring something back

1. to cause something to become popular again He's trying to bring back disco music.

2. to cause someone to remember something That music always brings back happy memories.

Related vocabulary: bring to mind somebody/something

See also: back, bring