come back from the dead
To be revived after dyingTo be revived after dying; to be resurrected.
» The road came to a dead end.
Die Straße endete in einer Sackgasse. — Manfredo
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3 sensesTo be revived after dying; to be resurrected.
To return after being presumed dead.
(idiomatic)To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.
Examples
22 sentencesThe road came to a dead end.
deDie Straße endete in einer Sackgasse. — Manfredo
Tom came home dead tired.
ruТом пришёл домой смертельно уставшим. — marafon
deTom kam todmüde nach Hause. — wolfgangth
He came home dead tired.
deEr kam todmüde nach Hause. — Zaghawa
How come you're not dead?
I came back from the dead.
Я повернувся з мертвих. — deniko
ruЯ воскрес. — Wezel
Forms
comes back from the dead, coming back from the dead, came back from the dead, come back from the dead| Base form | come back from the dead · to come back from the dead |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes back from the dead |
| Present participle | coming back from the dead |
| Past simple | came back from the dead |
| Past participle | come back from the dead |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | come back from the dead |
| he, she, it | comes back from the dead |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | came back from the dead |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have come back from the dead |
| he, she, it | has come back from the dead |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will come back from the dead |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.