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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 • 716 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?

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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?

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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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