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Phrase(s): make a comeback
to return to one’s former (successful) career. • After ten years in retirement, the singer made a comeback. • You’re never too old to make a comeback.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, stage a comeback. Achieve a success after retirement or failure, as in After years in mediocre movies, she made a comeback on Broadway, or The humble hamburger is about to stage a comeback. [Colloquial; c. 1920] Also see COME BACK, def. 1.
American Heritage Idioms