Communication

come back

return to a subject

To come back to a subject is to talk about it again after dealing with something else.

B1 very common speech & writing

phrasal verb

Hear it in real life

What about the cost?

I will come back to that in a minute.

Play the conversation

I will come back to that point after we look at the main problem.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I will come back ‸ that question later.

Say: I will come back to that question later.

The fixed phrase requires the preposition 'to' before the subject.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

come back to something; came back to something

Your turn: say it out loud

I will come back to that point after we look at the main problem.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

come back

return to a subject

“I will come back to that point after we look at the main problem.”

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