bring back

To go somewhere, get someone or something, and return with them or it.

• Please bring back some milk.
• He brought back a gift from his trip.
• What did you bring back from the market?

How to use it: bring something back from somewhere (She brought fresh bread back from the bakery.); bring someone back something (Could you bring me back a sandwich?)

Similar words: fetch, get

Common phrases: bring back milk, bring back something

To make someone remember a person, time, or experience from the past.

• This song brings back memories.
• The smell brought back happy days with my grandmother.
• Does this photograph bring back your first day at school?

How to use it: bring back memories of something (That tune brings back memories of summer holidays.)

Similar words: recall, evoke, revive

Common phrases: bring back memories, bring back something

To make an old rule or law apply again after it has stopped being used.

• They want to bring back the old rules.
• The government brought back limits on water use.
• Would you vote to bring back that law?

How to use it: bring something back (The council brought the parking ban back last year.)

Similar words: restore, reintroduce, reinstate

Opposites: abolish

Common phrases: bring back a rule, bring back a law

To make someone or something that has died live again.

• The spell brought back the dead king.
• No medicine could bring her beloved dog back.
• Can the wizard bring back someone who died years ago?

How to use it: bring someone/something back to life (In the story, a magic spell brings the bird back to life.)

Similar words: resurrect, revive, raise from the dead

Opposites: kill

Common phrases: bring back someone, bring back the dead