look back
— phrasal verb with look /lʊk/ verbDefinition
B2 to think about something that happened in the past: When I look back I can see where we went wrong. It wasn't such a bad experience when I look back on it.Remembering, reminding and reminders
(Definition of look back from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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look at sth phrasal verb (EXAMINE)
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look at sth phrasal verb (HAVE OPINION)
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look at sth phrasal verb (THINK)
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look at/see sth through rose-coloured/tinted glasses idiom
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look down on sb phrasal verb
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look exclamation
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire noun
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- flashback noun
- imprint noun (MARK)
- indelible adjective
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake noun
- let's see idiom
- remind sb of sth/sb phrasal verb
- reminder noun 1
- reminder noun 2
- reminisce verb
- reminiscence noun
- resonance noun (QUALITY)
- resonate verb (HAVE QUALITY/EFFECT)
- resurface verb (APPEAR AGAIN)
- strike a chord idiom
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