grow back

grow back

To return to a previous length or degree of growth, as after having been cut or trimmed. I know you're not thrilled with your new haircut, but don't worry, it's just hair—it'll grow back. When do you think that part of the bush will grow back? I didn't realize how much it was hiding our ugly porch.
See also: back, grow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

grow back

[for something that has come off] to grow back again. (Includes parts of plants and some animals, fingernails, toenails, etc.) The lizard's tail grew back in a few months. The leaves will grow back in a month or so.
See also: back, grow
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a short back and sides
  • short back and sides
  • adjust
  • adjust (oneself or something) to (something)
  • adjust to
  • can't be bad
  • high on
  • high on (something)
  • high on something
  • be thrilled with (someone or something)
References in classic literature
The elder bushes did not grow back in the shady ravines between the bluffs, but in the hot, sandy bottoms along the stream, where their roots were always in moisture and their tops in the sun.
My Antonia
Park managers are optimistic the dwarf bamboos will grow back faster once the rainy season comes.
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People have general impression that if trees and plants are cut down they will grow back in a few years.
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Bit of an over reaction, it will grow back. Just don't use her again and get your dog a jumper.
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Beforehand Rachel, who has come to Middlesbrough from Northern Ireland, said: "My hair will grow back, probably quite quickly, but for those people their hair might never come back.
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It can take between three months to a year for hair to grow back in moderate cases.
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