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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In honor of this time of giving thanks, PEOPLE asked a few of our favorite authors to look back on their year and ahead to another.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
So how did so many of us come out of one or more of these eras looking back at the time as rose-colored and great?
—Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
That’s not quite as short as the gap was between the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and more akin to what the Lord of the Rings did, releasing a new movie at Christmas every year (looking back, that seems insane).
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This theme runs through many of his novels, which look back on pivotal points when the winds of change, however subtle, could be felt rustling through rural communities.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
So how did so many of us come out of one or more of these eras looking back at the time as rose-colored and great?
—Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
That’s not quite as short as the gap was between the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and more akin to what the Lord of the Rings did, releasing a new movie at Christmas every year (looking back, that seems insane).
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This theme runs through many of his novels, which look back on pivotal points when the winds of change, however subtle, could be felt rustling through rural communities.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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