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How to sign: come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
Similiar / Same: go back, get back, come back
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: backtrack, boomerang, bounce, cut back, go home, home, resurrect, return, revisit, trace
How to sign: bring back to the point of departure
Similiar / Same: take back, bring back
Categories: bring, convey, take
How to sign: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
"it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher";
Similiar / Same: rejoinder, retort, riposte, comeback, replication, counter
Within this category: sass
How to sign: pay back
"Please refund me my money";
Similiar / Same: refund, repay, give back
Categories: pay
Within this category: reimburse, restore
How to sign: a coming to or returning home
"on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party";
Similiar / Same: homecoming
Categories: arrival
Within this category: repatriation
How to sign: go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules";
Similiar / Same: revert, retrovert, regress, turn back
Categories: change by reversal, reverse, turn
Within this category: recover, relapse, resile
How to sign: getting something back again
"upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing";
Similiar / Same: regaining, restitution, restoration
Categories: acquisition
Within this category: clawback
How to sign: the income arising from land or other property
"the average return was about 5%";
Similiar / Same: proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff, issue
Categories: income
Within this category: economic rent, payback
How to sign: elect again
Similiar / Same: reelect
Categories: elect
