Come back
Come back verb - To become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness.
Usage example: she's slowly coming back after being in a coma
Fade
Fade verb - To cease to be visible.
Both terms in one sentence
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And then, it proceeds to fade back to the baby in his crib, who is silently crying, now realizing his mother will probably never come back.
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Heroic Suicide: Damien eventually stops taking his medicine and lets himself fade away so Mark can come back and be with his family.
Source: Film / Self/Less -
No Body Left Behind: True Knot members "cycle out" when they die—their bodies partially fade away, then come back, repeating the process more rapidly and more completely until they finally disappear.
Source: Literature / Doctor Sleep
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