to come back from the dead
15
5.5
- idiom
- Informal
:
resurgir
- Like Lazarus, Chuck has come back from the dead.
- just come back from the dead
- want to come back from the dead
- come back from the dead a second time
I'm so excited they're coming back from the dead baby.
- I'm so excited they're coming back from the dead baby.
Examples
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Gillette went through the same thing, and they came back from the dead.
Blog text (18) -
Just because he came back from the dead, he thinks he can take on the god of thunder?
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When people go up to me, like you really believe that Jesus died and came back from the dead, I go.
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You say that people come back from the dead?
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Man, you came back from the dead.
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Proof that I have come back from the dead.
Fiction book (1990) -
It’s my chance to come back from the dead.
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You look like you’ve come back from the dead.
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Jesus was a carpenter, and Ray ran a fabrication shop at the shipyard, and they both came back from the dead; in my mind, rattled as I was at the time, that put them in the same boat, so to speak.
Fiction book (1997) -
After years of struggle, the artist has finally come back from the dead in the music scene with a new album.
Synonyms
748
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
111
8.5
To come back to life after death
104
4.2
Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten
70
2.7
To come back into sight after being away for a time
44
7.3
Bring back to life after death or a long absence
42
4.3
To get back to normal after a problem
35
5.7
Come back to life or return to activity after a time away
34
4.2
To appear again after being hidden or inactive
33
3.5
To become popular or successful again after a time away
16
7.2
To bring back life and energy to a person or thing
9
4.8
To make people and things alive or working again
8
4.1
To appear again after being away or hidden
5
5.7
Become successful again after a big loss or disaster
5
7.9
To come back to life or appear again after people thought it was gone
5
9.9
To bring something dead back to life
4
9.3
To appear again after being gone or invisible
1
7.4
To become active again after a slow or quiet time
1
4.6
Get back to a previous good level of ability after a time of decline
To recover successfully after being ruined or failing completely
To appear again after being hidden or gone
Antonyms
How Revived
748
2.5
42
4.3
- Informal
15
5.5
56
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
come + back + from + the + dead
The expression combines the transparent verb particle 'come back' with the phrase 'from the dead' used metaphorically to signal revival; the overall meaning (regain activity or prominence after disappearance) is a metaphorical extension of the literal words. A B1 learner who knows the constituents could plausibly infer the figurative sense from the resurrection metaphor common across languages, but the required figurative/pragmatic leap means the sense is not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The idiom come back from the dead paints a picture of something thought to be dead, like a band or product, that suddenly comes back to life and works again. That's why it means 'get active or successful again' after a long time of no action or failure.