ぶり返す — meaning in English

English meaning

• recur verb Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
• relapse verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.

Senses

ぶり返す is used for these senses in English:

• recur Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
• relapse (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

recur — full definition

1. verb Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
2. verb Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery.
3. verb Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.
4. verb To speak, think, or write about something again; to go back or return to a memory, a subject, etc.

relapse — full definition

1. verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
2. noun An occasion of falling back into illness, a bad habit, or a previous state.

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