come again?

Idioms and Phrases

What did you say? as in Come again? I can't believe you said that . This expression takes the literal meaning of the phrase—return—to ask someone to repeat a statement, either because it wasn't heard clearly or because its truth is being questioned. [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

Now there was no way of knowing when they’d come again.

From Los Angeles Times

"Stinging nettles are a come again plant. Cow parsley, sorrel too. Strangely you can pick a lot of salads now," he says.

From BBC

"Then on the final corner, that's when I unleashed it. She tried to come again, but I threw my bike and it was mine."

From BBC

The hope among some in the party is that those voters will now cost the GOP another election, after which their time will come again.

From Salon

Made in the course of 24 hours, Acceptance, or I Cannot Come Again, explores the loss of one art, and the acceptance of another.

From BBC

Related Words

• echo
• recite
• rehash
• reiterate
• renew
• replay
• restate