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come from behind

vb. (context sports English) To be in a winning position after having been in a losing position.

Usage examples of "come from behind".

An illuminated hand and arm was now seen to come from behind the curtain, and played an accompaniment to the music box on the guitar.

Chaim appeared to come from behind the falling potentate and steer toward the center of the stage.

She thought the cry had come from behind those two walls, once part of a hut and still almost intact.

If one of them had come from behind, Dollard would have been no use at all.