Come back and Fade

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 is an antonym for come back.

Fade

Fade verb - To cease to be visible.

Come back is an antonym for fade.

Nearby Words: faded, fading

Both terms in one sentence

  • Nightmare Fuel / Public Service Announcement 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.
  • Film / Self/Less Heroic Suicide: Damien eventually stops taking his medicine and lets himself fade away so Mark can come back and be with his family.
  • Literature / Doctor Sleep 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.
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