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come again?
Idioms and Phrases
What did you say? as in Come again? I can't believe you said that . This expression takes the literal meaning of the phrase—return—to ask someone to repeat a statement, either because it wasn't heard clearly or because its truth is being questioned. [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s]Example Sentences
Clarke loves players who have strength and persistence, players who have endured set-backs but refuse to buckle, players who are written off but always come again.
“Fires will come again, and today ‘fire hurricane’ has entered the lexicon,” writes Knight.
Follow-ups like “The Marshall” and “Come Again” incorporated more spiritual Rastafarian lyrical themes, and he joined a supergroup with Shabba Ranks and Home T that scored a big hit with “Holding On.”
Root called for players to be given more regular opportunities in 2023 and while little has changed, he still thinks England can come again.
Stevie Webb said an incident at the Opera House in Manchester during Here You Come Again saw the whole cast "leave the stage, because a woman was so disgusted there was a gay character on the stage".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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