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coming back vs came back

Both "coming back" and "came back" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Coming back" is used to talk about a future action of returning, while "came back" is used to describe a past action of returning.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 732 views

coming back

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a future action of returning.

Use "coming back" when you want to talk about someone or something returning in the future. It indicates a planned or expected return.

Examples:

  • I will be coming back home tomorrow.
  • She is coming back from her vacation next week.
  • Are you coming back to visit us soon?
  • The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger.
  • That you were insistent about coming back to work.
  • It's hard to believe she's not coming back.
  • Jimmy, Alex isn't coming back.
  • And now he's coming back... for me.
  • He's coming back from a very dark place.
  • I almost croaked coming back from the jungle.
  • I think it was difficult for most fellows coming back.
  • I'm not coming back to Starling City.
  • The old styles are coming back.
  • Guess you think I'm doubly pathetic coming back here again.
  • Remy, I thought you were coming back with coffee.
  • All those years, I avoided coming back here.
  • You're playing with dynamite coming back here.
  • No, I was coming back for you.
  • I don't think Amanda was coming back.
  • He's obviously not coming back.
  • Mr Dudley told me that Moray is coming back.
  • Funny thing was he kept coming back to see the same sheep.
  • Who rules? Fascism is coming back.

Alternatives:

  • returning
  • going back
  • coming home
  • revisiting

came back

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a past action of returning.

Use "came back" when you want to talk about someone or something that has already returned in the past. It indicates a completed return.

Examples:

  • He came back from his business trip yesterday.
  • They came back to the same restaurant they visited last year.
  • When did you come back from your trip?
  • But only because Stark came back to tell me where he was.
  • Yesterday, the cat came back.
  • I came back, Ashley was gone.
  • I came back to life before your eyes.
  • His real mother Valerie came back.
  • Then one night she came back.
  • He killed Jeffrey, came back to kill me.
  • Willow cured him and somehow he came back.
  • Last night my father came back from Sukhumi.
  • Maybe an unhappy client came back to haunt him.
  • When she came back, she suggested the vacation home.
  • Yesterday, my partner came back from an RV Trip up the coast.
  • You only came back because the natives forced you to.
  • I came back hoping somebody might know something.
  • Bonnie came back, markos came back.
  • Bella came back home, Gloria came back home.
  • Something interesting came back on her hair sample.
  • They came back somewhere in Delaware.
  • Scans came back from your drowning victim.
  • He said his memory came back.

Alternatives:

  • returned
  • got back
  • came home
  • revisited

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