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come back to something

return repeatedly to an idea

To come back to something is to think about or discuss the same idea again and again.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Have you decided where to live?

Not really; I keep coming back to the city centre.

Play the conversation

I keep coming back to the idea of studying abroad.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I keep coming again to this idea.

Say: I keep coming back to this idea.

Use the fixed phrase "come back to"; do not replace "back" with "again" after "come" in this meaning.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

keep coming back to something; come back to something

Your turn: say it out loud

I keep coming back to the idea of studying abroad.

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

come back to something

return repeatedly to an idea

“I keep coming back to the idea of studying abroad.”

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