flash back
— phrasal verb with flash /flæʃ/ verbDefinition
› If your mind or thoughts flash back to something that happened in the past, you suddenly remember it: Her mind flashed back to the day of their divorce.Memory and memories
(Definition of flash back from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at/in the back of your mind idiom
- corporate memory noun
- dim adjective (NOT CLEAR)
- from memory idiom
- ghost noun (MEMORY)
- haunting adjective
- have a memory like an elephant idiom
- long memory noun
- memory noun (ABILITY TO REMEMBER)
- memory noun (EVENT REMEMBERED)
- nostalgia noun
- nostalgic adjective
- off the top of your head idiom
- photographic memory noun
- recall noun (REMEMBERING)
- remembrance noun
- retentive adjective
- to the best of my recollection idiom
- within living memory idiom
- within your memory idiom
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