to bring back to life
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4.8
- phrasal verb
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- After several minutes of CPR, the paramedics managed to bring back to life the man who had drowned.
Turns out she's dead, has been brought back to life.
- Turns out she's dead, has been brought back to life.
- As best he can, the trauma of resurrection, the trauma of dying and being brought back to life, right.
- So then they're brought back to life and there's this huge rush and there's a lift.
- So clearly you guys are working on a, a really broad array of, of tech that you're bringing back to life.
- You talk about a story, a lady I think maybe has a heart attack and then gets angry when she's brought back to life.
- And so when the fig tree starts to blossom, you know, summer's near when, when the leaves come out again, when it's when it's brought back to life.
Examples
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You'll feel like you're brought back to life.
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We have not yet figured out how to bring back to life that which is dead.
Blog text (5) -
We're all trying to sort of bring back to life something which has passed away.
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For a moment, it seemed as though the dead body had been brought back to life.
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I finally felt as though I had been brought back to life.
Fiction book (2001) -
Miraculously, he was brought back to life and has been fighting ever since.
Blog text (13) -
I was poisoned (accidentally) at the age of five and brought back to life.
Blog text (18) -
" Washburne is a largely forgotten figure, here brought back to life by Hill's judicious editing of diary entries and letters.
Blog text (14) -
The doctors worked tirelessly to bring back to life the patient who had stopped breathing.
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In the movie, the hero was able to bring back to life his fallen friend using a magical potion.
Synonyms
234
3.8
Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again
71
4.1
To make a person conscious again after fainting
45
4.8
To give new life and energy to something
44
7.3
Bring back to life after death or a long absence
43
7.2
To make someone breathe and wake again after they stop breathing
37
4.3
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
33
5.1
Make a feeling or interest strong again
16
7.2
To bring back life and energy to a person or thing
15
4.6
To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped
10
5.1
To become awake or aware again
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9.9
Make a dead person alive again using magic or other power
8
5.3
To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy
6
5.5
Bring something back to a better or original state
5
9.9
To bring something dead back to life
2
6.4
To appear again in the game after being defeated
2
5.3
To make someone conscious again after fainting or illness
Giving new energy and making someone feel awake again
Antonyms
How Restored
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7.3
43
7.2
9
4.8
71
4.1
41
4.3
219
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to revive; cause to return to a living or active state' is directly and compositionally built from 'bring' (cause/move), 'back' (return), and 'life' (living state); together they literally describe causing a return to life or functionality. This is a common, productive pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Bring back to life paints a simple picture: imagine someone lifting a wilted plant and watering it until it grows green and strong again. By bringing it back to life you make it 'alive or active again', so the phrase means 'to revive' people, things, or ideas.