look back
phrasal verb
looked back; looking back; looks back
: to think about something in the past
Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.
I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.
How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
But after Hyundai launched Santro — a quirky looking hatchback, priced right in the comfort zone of middle-class India — there was no looking back.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
The festivities, bridging the late afternoon into the evening and emceed by former San Jose City Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio, will include dinner, dancing and a program looking back at the group’s five decades.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Our community is small, and when someone like Scott comes along, we are comforted and start growing confidence that perhaps the city administration will look back at the iniquitous history that left us landless in our own homeland.
—Richard B. Williams, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
But after Hyundai launched Santro — a quirky looking hatchback, priced right in the comfort zone of middle-class India — there was no looking back.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
The festivities, bridging the late afternoon into the evening and emceed by former San Jose City Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio, will include dinner, dancing and a program looking back at the group’s five decades.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Our community is small, and when someone like Scott comes along, we are comforted and start growing confidence that perhaps the city administration will look back at the iniquitous history that left us landless in our own homeland.
—Richard B. Williams, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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