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Idiom

return to form

Meaning

A return to a former state of success or brilliance.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The athlete is finally returning to form.”

“After a long injury, the star player returned to form and scored three goals in the final match.”

“The novelist returned to form with her latest book, which critics praised as a brilliant recovery from her previous lackluster work.”

Examples

simple

“The athlete is finally returning to form.”

contextual

“After a long injury, the star player returned to form and scored three goals in the final match.”

complex

“The novelist returned to form with her latest book, which critics praised as a brilliant recovery from her previous lackluster work.”

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