Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Come up
Come up verb - To come near or nearer.
Usage example: the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go
Both terms in one sentence
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Indeed, when the topic of bringing people back from the dead come up, which Booth discusses as silly, Bones points out the Christian belief that Jesus came back to life after dying on the Cross.
Source: Hollywood Voodoo - Not because the authors can't come up with anything horrifying enough, but because they can, and they can't dial it back.
- By the end of the episode George is racing back to the airport having come up with yet another comeback.
Source: Lame Comeback
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