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come back a new person

return refreshed or changed

If you come back a new person, you return from an experience feeling much better or very different.

B2 now and then mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Did the retreat help you?

Definitely. I came back a new person.

Play the conversation

After spending a few days by the sea, I came back a new person.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I came back like new person after the holiday.

Say: I came back a new person after the holiday.

Use the article 'a' before 'new person' in this fixed expression.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

come back a new person; came back a new person

Your turn: say it out loud

After spending a few days by the sea, I came back a new person.

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

come back a new person

return refreshed or changed

“After spending a few days by the sea, I came back a new person.”

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