return from

return from (something or some place)

1. To travel back from some place or thing. Let's wait until Stephen returns from the bathroom before we begin the meeting. She returned from the store laden down with presents for the kids.
2. To resume (some activity or endeavor) following some hiatus or interruption that took place elsewhere. I'm going to have so much work to do when I return from my vacation. They've made me the temporary marketing director until Deborah returns from her maternity leave.
3. To give something back (to someone or something) from some place or thing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "return" and "from." The team was forced to punt on fourth down, returning it from their own 20 yard line. He wanted to return the kindness from a place of genuine gratitude.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

return from

some place to come back from some place. I just returned from a research trip in the Amazon basin. When will they return from their vacation?
See also: return
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • return from (something or some place)
  • bathroom
  • go number two
  • go to the bathroom
  • use the bathroom
  • pluck a rose
  • powder (one's) nose
  • powder nose
  • powder one’s nose
  • powder your nose
References in classic literature
Every one knows the history of the famous return from Elba, a return which was unprecedented in the past, and will probably remain without a counterpart in the future.
Count of Monte Cristo
Thus, a qualified amended return effectively eliminates accuracy-related penalties, by removing amounts shown on the amended return from the penalty calculation.
Tax shelter transactions: to amend or not to amend?
Repeat swab samples were taken 2 weeks after return from the pilgrimage.
One hundred fifty-three (79%) had a repeat swab sample taken at a median time of 10 days (range 2-17) after their return from the Hajj.
Absence of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 electrophoretic type 37 during the Hajj, 2002. (Dispatches)
They can also use barcoded, prepaid USPS shipping labels in their package to send a return from home.
Package makes perfect: Brown paper packages tied up with string? When it comes to shipping, e-tailers are learning that presentation is the key to becoming the consumer's favorite thing. (Logistics)
On the other hand, if the financial manager had purchased a bond with a duration of 10 years (in contrast to a maturity of 10 years), the return from holding the bond would approximate the anticipated return regardless of what happened to the rates of return earned on reinvested funds.
Why you need to understand duration
Most individuals should prefer to earn a lower return with a tax-efficient manager than a higher return from a manager that disregards taxes.
Tax-aware investing